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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 09.34.01.01" title_num="09" subtitle_num="34" chapter_num="01" heading="Scope.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>This chapter governs the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Registration of individuals who operate cemeteries and provide burial goods for either human or pet remains in the State; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Application procedures for persons requiring a permit to operate a cemetery or provide burial goods for either human or pet remains in this State.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>This chapter does not apply to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A person that owns and operates a bona fide religious, nonprofit cemetery in this State;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>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;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A licensed funeral director acting within the scope of a State funeral director's license;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A mortician acting within the scope of a State mortician's license;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A not-for-profit organization created before 1900 by an act of the General Assembly;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>A county, city, or municipal corporation that owns and operates a cemetery in the State; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>A veterans' cemetery operated by the State.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>