# COMAR Title 09 — Maryland Department of Labor

## Subtitle 34 — Office of Cemetery Oversight

### Chapter 08 — Crematories — Crematory Procedures

#### Regulation .11 Tools.

*COMAR 09.34.08.11*

A. A crematory offering cremation shall maintain, at its own expense, the following tool inventory:

  (1) Safety placement tool measuring a minimum of 49 inches in length;

  (2) Wire brushes for cleaning cremators;

  (3) Brush with fine bristles for cleaning pulverizers;

  (4) Mortar and pestle;

  (5) Funnel;

  (6) High temperature protective gloves and heat resistant leather gloves;

  (7) Hand magnet and metal detector wand to detect and remove metal from cremated human remains;

  (8) Tweezers to remove nonmetal objects from cremated human remains; and

  (9) National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health certified N95 filtering facepiece respirators.

B. A crematory offering alkaline hydrolysis shall maintain, at its own expense, the following tool inventory:

  (1) Suitable tools for cleaning the alkaline hydrolysis unit;

  (2) Brush with fine bristles for cleaning pulverizers;

  (3) Mortar and pestle;

  (4) Funnel;

  (5) Hand magnet and metal detector wand to detect and remove metal from hydrolyzed human remains;

  (6) Tweezers to remove nonmetal objects from hydrolyzed human remains;

  (7) National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health certified respirators; and

  (8) An emergency shower and eyewash combination unit meeting the criteria established under the American National Standards Institute and the International Safety Equipment Association Z358.1-2014 (R2020) or its successor.