# COMAR Title 09 — Maryland Department of Labor

## Subtitle 34 — Office of Cemetery Oversight

### Chapter 01 — Registration and Permit Requirements

#### Regulation .13 Communication from Director — Failure to Respond.

*COMAR 09.34.01.13*

A. Definition.

  (1) In this regulation, the following term has the meaning indicated.

  (2) Term Defined — Person.

    (a) “Person” has the meaning provided in Business Regulation Article, §1-101(g), Annotated Code of Maryland.

    (b) “Person” includes:

      (i) Any registrant or permit holder under Business Regulation Article, Title 5, Annotated Code of Maryland, and any applicant for a registration or permit to operate a cemetery or crematory, or to provide burial goods, in this State; and

      (ii) Any other person required under the provisions of Business Regulation Article, Title 5, Annotated Code of Maryland, or any regulation in this subtitle, to respond to a communication from the Director.

B. Duty to Respond.

  (1) If a person receives from the Director or the Office a written communication requesting a response, the person shall respond in writing, by first-class mail, within 30 days of the date of the mailing.

  (2) It is the responsibility of a person to notify the Office in writing if there has been a change in the person’s address.

C. Failure to respond as required by this regulation may be considered by the Director to be a violation of Business Regulation Article, Title 5, Annotated Code of Maryland.