# COMAR Title 09 — Maryland Department of Labor

## Subtitle 34 — Office of Cemetery Oversight

### Chapter 01 — Registration and Permit Requirements

#### Regulation .01 Scope.

*COMAR 09.34.01.01*

A. This chapter governs the:

  (1) Registration of individuals who operate cemeteries and provide burial goods for either human or pet remains in the State; and

  (2) Application procedures for persons requiring a permit to operate a cemetery or provide burial goods for either human or pet remains in this State.

B. This chapter does not apply to:

  (1) A person that owns and operates a bona fide religious, nonprofit cemetery in this State;

  (2) The operation of a funeral establishment in this State, including the sale of burial goods in the ordinary course of the funeral establishment's business;

  (3) A licensed funeral director acting within the scope of a State funeral director's license;

  (4) A mortician acting within the scope of a State mortician's license;

  (5) A not-for-profit organization created before 1900 by an act of the General Assembly;

  (6) A county, city, or municipal corporation that owns and operates a cemetery in the State; or

  (7) A veterans' cemetery operated by the State.