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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="7-601" title_number="7" title_name="Morticians and Funeral Directors" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Mortuary Transport Services">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Mortuary transport service” means an individual or a business entity that, for compensation, removes and transports human remains or employs a transporter to remove or transport human remains.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Mortuary transport service” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A licensed funeral establishment or an employee of a licensed funeral establishment that removes and transports human remains; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A cemetery or employee of a cemetery that removes or transports human remains within the boundaries of the cemetery.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Permit” means a permit issued by the Board to the owner of a mortuary transport service to operate in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Permit holder” means a mortuary transport service that holds a permit issued by the Board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Registered transporter” means an individual employee of a mortuary transport service who has registered with the Board to remove and transport human remains.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Remove and transport human remains” means to remove human remains from one location and transport the human remains to another location.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Transporter” means an individual who removes and transports human remains.</text>
  </level>
</section>
