§ 4-215. Burial-transit permit requirements
West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth--GeneralEffective: July 1, 2008
Effective: July 1, 2008
MD Code, Health - General, § 4-215
§ 4-215. Burial-transit permit requirements
(a) In this section, “cemetery” includes a crematory or other place for final disposition.
(b)(1) Within 72 hours after death or after delivery in a fetal death and before final disposition or removal of the body or fetus from this State, the mortician who first takes custody of the body or fetus shall obtain a burial-transit permit.
(2) If the death or fetal death certificate is on a multicopy form, one copy of which is designated specifically as a “burial-transit permit” and is signed by the attending physician or medical examiner, that copy shall provide for the later entry of final disposition information and serves as a burial-transit permit.
(c)(1) A person in charge of a cemetery may not permit the final disposition of a body or fetus unless it is accompanied by a burial-transit permit.
(d) A burial-transit permit issued by any state or a foreign country is sufficient authority for transit through this State or final disposition in any cemetery in this State.
(e)(1) A permit for disinterment and reinterment is required before the disinterment of human remains if reinterment is not to be made in the same cemetery. The Secretary or a health officer shall issue the permit after receipt of an application on the form that the Secretary requires.
(4) Except as provided in paragraph (5) of this subsection, the Department may not disclose or allow public inspection of information in a permit record about the location of the site of a disinterment or reinterment if a local burial sites advisory board or the Director of the Maryland Historical Trust determines that:
Credits
Added by Acts 1982, c. 21, § 2, eff. July 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1995, c. 401, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1995; Acts 2005, c. 44, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2005; Acts 2005, c. 440, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2005; Acts 2008, c. 590, § 1, eff. July 1, 2008.
Formerly Art. 43, § 22.
MD Code, Health - General, § 4-215, MD HEALTH GEN § 4-215
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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