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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 09.34.01.02" title_num="09" subtitle_num="34" chapter_num="01" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Balance sheet” means a statement of financial position which presents assets, liabilities, and stockholders' equity or fund balance, and distinguishes current assets and current liabilities from other assets and liabilities.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Bona fide religious, nonprofit cemetery” means a cemetery which is owned and operated solely by a religious organization and is established as a nonprofit business entity.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Burial goods” means goods that are used in connection with either human or pet burial.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Cemetery” means the interment of either human or pet remains.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Comparative balance sheet” means a statement of financial position which presents assets, liabilities, and stockholders' equity or fund balance, and compares a previous year's results with the most recent year's results.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Contract” means an agreement between a consumer and a cemetery or burial goods business for any service or any burial good purchased from a cemetery or burial goods business.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Development stage enterprise financial sheet” means a financial statement which is prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and which includes the following:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A balance sheet;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>An income statement;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A statement of changes in financial position; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>A detailed statement of stockholders' equity.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Director” means the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“Office” means the Office of Cemetery Oversight.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“Registered cemeterian” means an individual who:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is registered to operate a cemetery as a sole proprietor or on behalf of a sole proprietor or permit holder; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>May employ sales counselors to provide burial space, goods, or services.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>“Registered sales counselor” means an individual employed by a cemetery or burial goods business who provides burial space, goods, or services.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>“Registered seller” means an individual who:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is registered to provide burial goods as a sole proprietor or on behalf of a sole proprietor or permit holder to operate a burial goods business; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>May employ sales counselors.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>“Responsible party” means a sole proprietor or the individual designated by a partnership, limited liability company, or corporation to be responsible for the operations of a cemetery or burial goods business.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>“Substantial doubt” means that a certified public accountant, after reviewing a business's balance sheet, related note disclosures, and supplementary information, determines that a company's ability to continue as a going concern is in doubt or that a company is unable to continue to meet its obligations as they become due without substantial disposition of assets outside the ordinary course of business, restructuring of debt, externally forced revisions of its operations, or similar actions.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>