# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 5. Death

### Subtitle 5. Miscellaneous Provisions

#### Section 5-506

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

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Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)