Section 5-506 - Control of body by health officer. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-506. Control of body by health officer.
 

(a)  Power of health officer.- A health officer may take control of a body that is being kept in a room where an individual lives and that is in a condition that endangers an individual in the house where the body is kept if: 

(1) At least 3 individuals living near the house or a physician asks the health officer, in writing, to order final disposition of the body; 

(2) The health officer issues an order for final disposition, within a time period stated in the order; and 

(3) Final disposition of the body is not made within that time. 

(b)  Prohibited act.- A person may not obstruct the carrying out of an order of a health officer under this section. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 62; 1982, ch. 21, § 2.]