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<section number="2-487" name="Cemetery in violation of Division" law="code" slug="sec-2-487" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_2AD_DIV38CE_S2-487CEVIDI">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not establish or operate a public or private cemetery or allow a public or private cemetery to be operated in violation of this Division.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this Division, an individual may not engage in the operation of a cemetery or engage in a burial goods business or attempt to provide burial goods unless the individual is a permit holder.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Unless a person is a permit holder, a person may not represent to the public, by use of a</text>
  </level>
  <text>title, by description of services, methods, or procedures, or otherwise, that the person is authorized to engage in the operation of a cemetery or provide burial goods.</text>
  <level label="d">
    <text>No person may conduct an interment without holding a valid and unexpired permit issued pursuant to this Division.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>No person may perform a disinterment without the prior written approval of the Director, the Health Officer, and the State's Attorney for Prince George's County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>In addition to notification of authorities required pursuant to State law, a person engaged in the operation of a cemetery shall notify the Director promptly of excavation on cemetery property that disinters loose human remains. The Director shall notify appropriate authorities. A person engaged in the operation of a cemetery shall make reasonable efforts to identify the loose human remains and shall reinter or dispose of the loose human remains in a manner consistent with State law and rules adopted by the Director.</text>
  </level>
</section>
