# COMAR Title 09 — Maryland Department of Labor

## Subtitle 34 — Office of Cemetery Oversight

### Chapter 08 — Crematories — Crematory Procedures

#### Regulation .06 Identification of Human Remains Immediately Prior to Cremation or Alkaline Hydrolysis.

*COMAR 09.34.08.06*

A. Immediately prior to being placed within the cremator or alkaline hydrolysis unit, a designee of the permit holder shall:

  (1) Verify the identification of the human remains; and

  (2) Place in the cremator or alkaline hydrolysis unit the hard metal or plastic identification disc of the human remains being processed where it shall remain in place until the cremation or alkaline hydrolysis process is complete.

B. The designee of the permit holder who is operating the cremator may not leave the immediate area of the cremator during the cremation process

C. The alkaline hydrolysis unit shall be monitored at all times during alkaline hydrolysis.