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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="7-409" title_number="7" title_name="Morticians and Funeral Directors" subtitle_number="4">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, all inspections of funeral establishments shall be unannounced and may take place at any time without notice from the Board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An unannounced inspection may include advance notice that an inspector may be in the region of the funeral establishment for the purpose of conducting an inspection if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The advance notice is no more than 14 days prior to the inspection;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>No specific date or time is provided for the inspection; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The advance notice is provided solely to ensure that a licensed mortician or funeral director will be on–site for the inspection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies to inspections conducted:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>In response to valid information provided to the Board resulting in a complaint being opened by the Board concerning the preparation or body storage areas of a licensed funeral establishment only if the Board has provided a copy of the complaint to the licensed funeral establishment; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Of a funeral establishment that the Board has placed on probationary status in accordance with § 7–316(b) of this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A trained staff member of the Board who is qualified to do inspections may call the supervising mortician of a licensed funeral establishment, as designated under § 7–310(e) of this title, and request immediate access to the preparation and body storage areas of the funeral establishment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If a request is made under paragraph (2) of this subsection, the supervising mortician immediately shall provide the staff member of the Board with the location of the key or access code to the preparation or body storage areas of the funeral establishment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>An employee of a licensed funeral establishment is not required to accompany a staff member of the Board while the staff member conducts an inspection of a preparation or body storage area in accordance with this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An unannounced inspection of a licensed funeral establishment shall be conducted during the hours that the business of mortuary science is being conducted at the licensed funeral establishment.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Within 24 hours after the completion of an unannounced inspection of a licensed funeral establishment, the Board shall provide the results of the inspection to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The holder of the funeral establishment license; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The supervising mortician for the licensed funeral establishment, as designated under § 7–310(e) of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Board shall employ at least two inspectors to perform inspections under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
