§ 5-511. Crematory practitioner obligations
West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth--General
MD Code, Health - General, § 5-511
§ 5-511. Crematory practitioner obligations
(a) A practitioner and an operator of a crematory may rely on the representations made by an authorizing agent and are not guarantors of the reliability of those representations.
(b) A practitioner and an operator of a crematory have no responsibility to contact or to independently investigate the existence of any next of kin of the decedent.
(c) An individual may file a petition with the appropriate court to obtain the authority to be authorizing agent:
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Added as Health-General § 5-502.4 by Acts 1994, c. 517, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1994. Renumbered as Health-General § 5-511 and amended by Acts 1995, c. 517, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1995.
MD Code, Health - General, § 5-511, MD HEALTH GEN § 5-511
Current with all legislation from the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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