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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="7-4A-08" title_number="7" title_name="Morticians and Funeral Directors" subtitle_number="4A" subtitle_name="Family Security Trust Fund">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board shall act promptly on a claim made under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On receipt of a claim, the Board shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Forward a copy of the claim:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>To each licensee alleged to be responsible for the act or omission giving rise to the claim;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>To each unlicensed employee alleged to be responsible for the act or omission giving rise to the claim; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>To each funeral establishment that employs a licensee or unlicensed employee alleged to be responsible for the act or omission giving rise to the claim; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Request from each of the persons listed in item (1) of this subsection a written response within 10 days to the allegations set forth in the claim.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Shall review the claim and any response to the claim; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>May conduct an investigation of the claim.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On the basis of its review and any investigation that the Board conducts, the Board shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Set the matter for a hearing; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the claim is frivolous, made in bad faith, or legally insufficient, dismiss the claim.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>At any claim hearing, the burden of proof shall be on the claimant to establish the validity of the claim.</text>
  </level>
</section>
