Section 5-508 - Definitions. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-508. Definitions.
 

(a)  In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 

(b)  Authorizing agent.- "Authorizing agent" means the individual who has legal authority to arrange for and make decisions regarding the final disposition of a dead human body, including by cremation. 

(c)  Cremation.- "Cremation" means the disposition of a dead human body by means of incineration. 

(d)  Crematory.- "Crematory" is a building in which cremations are performed. 

(e)  Decedent.- "Decedent" means a dead human being. 

(f)  Practitioner.- "Practitioner" means a person who is licensed by the State as a funeral director, mortician, or surviving spouse licensee to practice mortuary science. 

(g)  Pre-need contract.- "Pre-need contract" means an agreement prior to the time of death between a consumer and a practitioner to provide any goods and services regarding the final disposition of a dead human body. 
 

[1994, ch. 517; 1995, ch. 517; 2004, ch. 25, § 6.]