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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 09.34.08.10" title_num="09" subtitle_num="34" chapter_num="08" heading="Disposition of Processed Human Remains.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Upon completion of the cremation or alkaline hydrolysis, insofar as is possible:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>All of the recoverable residue of the cremation or alkaline hydrolysis process shall be:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Removed from the cremator or alkaline hydrolysis unit; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Except for medical devices remaining after cremation or alkaline hydrolysis, pulverized; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Placed in a sealable container; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The identification disc required by Health Occupations Article, §7-411, Annotated Code of Maryland, shall be:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Removed from the cremator or alkaline hydrolysis unit; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Placed in the sealable container with the processed human remains.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Medical devices which remain after the completion of the cremation or alkaline hydrolysis process shall be treated as medical waste and disposed of accordingly.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>After pulverization, all of the processed human remains, together with the identification disc, shall be placed in a sealable container.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If the sealable container opening is not of adequate dimensions to accommodate an identification disc, it shall be affixed to the exterior of the sealable container and a record of the cremation number shall be placed in the sealable container.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>If all of the processed human remains and the identification tag will not fit within the dimensions of a sealable container, the remainder of the processed human remains shall be returned to the authorizing agent, or the agent's representative, in a separate, sealable container. Container seams shall be taped.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>If the processed human remains and identification tag do not adequately fill the container's interior dimensions, the extra space may be filled with packing material that will not become intermingled with the processed human remains and then securely closed.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>If a sealable container containing processed human remains is to be shipped, the sealable container shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be placed within a separate sturdy box with all box seams securely taped closed; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Have the name of the deceased person whose processed human remains are contained therein legibly written on the outside of the container.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>If processed human remains have been in the possession of a permit holder, as originally authorized by the authorizing agent, without instructions for disposition, for a period of 10 days or more from the date of cremation or alkaline hydrolysis, the permit holder may send the processed human remains, using the current mailing standard approved by the U.S. Postal Service, to the authorizing agent.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>Veteran and Eligible Dependent Decedents.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Unless the authorizing agent directs otherwise, if a permit holder in possession of processed remains of a decedent veteran or a decedent eligible dependent shall provide the decedent’s identifying information to a veterans service organization, as defined in Business Regulation Article, §5-803, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The veterans service organization will notify the permit holder whether the decedent is a veteran or eligible dependent eligible for burial in a veterans cemetery.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If the unclaimed processed remains are those of a veteran or an eligible dependent, the permit holder may transfer the processed remains to a veterans service organization for the purpose of disposition of the processed remains.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>If a veterans service organization does not take possession of unclaimed processed remains that qualify for a plot in a State veterans cemetery under State Government Article, §9-906, Annotated Code of Maryland, within 10 days after the permit holder receives the notification required this regulation, permit holder shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Notify the Department of Veterans and Military Families of the status of the processed remains for the purpose of the appropriate disposition of the processed remains; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Transfer the processed remains to the Department of Veterans and Military Families for the purpose of the appropriate disposition of the processed remains.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>