Section 10-214 - Unclaimed deceased nursing home residents. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-214. Unclaimed deceased nursing home residents.
 

(a)  Definitions.-  

(1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. 

(2) "Nursing home" means comprehensive care facilities and extended care facilities. 

(3) "Unclaimed deceased nursing home resident" means a resident of a nursing home: 

(i) who has not prearranged and prepaid for the disposal of the resident's body; and 

(ii) for whom no person has claimed the body and assumed funeral or burial responsibility on the death of the resident. 

(b)  Regulations.- The Secretary shall adopt regulations establishing guidelines for nursing home administrators regarding funeral and burial arrangements for unclaimed deceased nursing home residents: 

(1) consistent with § 5-406 of the Health - General Article; and 

(2) with the cooperation of the State Anatomy Board. 

(c)  Notification.- A nursing home administrator shall: 

(1) immediately notify the Department of the death of an unclaimed deceased nursing home resident; and 

(2) obtain the approval of the Department before burying or making funeral arrangements for the unclaimed deceased nursing home resident. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 70B, § 5A; 2007, ch. 3, § 2.]