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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="7-301" title_number="7" title_name="Morticians and Funeral Directors" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section or §§ 10–14A–03 and 10–14B–03 of the State Government Article, an individual shall be licensed by the Board before the individual may practice mortuary science in this State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Limit the right of a school of medicine or dentistry to use and dispose of a dead human body or its parts;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Limit the right of any person who is authorized by law to handle or dispose of a dead human body or its parts, if the person acts within the scope of that authorization;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Affect the right of an authorized officer or employee of the United States or the District of Columbia to practice mortuary science in the course of that individual’s duties;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Apply to an individual who makes funeral arrangements in the course of the duties of that individual as an attorney; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Limit the right of the Board to issue temporary permits to out–of–state licensed morticians or funeral directors for teaching purposes involving an approved continuing education program or disaster situations as deemed necessary by the Board.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A mortician or funeral director who is issued a temporary permit shall be subject to any conditions and limitations that the Board may specify in the permit and the provisions of this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
