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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="7-308.2" title_number="7" title_name="Morticians and Funeral Directors" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the provisions of this section, the Board shall issue a pre–need trustee license to an applicant if the applicant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Applies to the Board on an application provided by the Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Has been actively licensed in good standing by the Board for a minimum of 5 years while working in a facility that has accepted pre–need contracts and who can provide proof to the Board that these services have been provided by the applicant;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Has been appointed as a pre–need trustee by the holder of an executor license issued under § 7–308.1 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Is of good moral character; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Pays the required fee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>While a pre–need trustee license is effective, the license authorizes the license holder to manage pre–need accounts held by a funeral establishment until the closing or sale of the funeral establishment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Notwithstanding the provisions of § 7–314 of this subtitle, a pre–need trustee license is valid from the date of issuance until the date of expiration of the license of the executor who appointed the license holder as a pre–need trustee under subsection (a)(3) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The holder of a pre–need trustee license issued under this section may be the supervising mortician in a funeral establishment.</text>
  </level>
</section>
