# COMAR Title 09 — Maryland Department of Labor

## Subtitle 34 — Office of Cemetery Oversight

### Chapter 13 — Natural Organic Reduction—Inspections, Complaints, and Discipline

#### Regulation .06 Identification of Human Remains Immediately Prior to Natural Organic Reduction.

*COMAR 09.34.13.06*

Immediately prior to being placed within the vessel, a registered reduction operator shall:

A. Verify the identification of the human remains; and

B. Place in the vessel the hard metal or plastic identification disc of the human remains receiving natural organic reduction services where it shall remain in place until the natural organic reduction process is complete.