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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 09.34.13.08" title_num="09" subtitle_num="34" chapter_num="13" heading="Record of Receipt of Remains.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A registered reduction operator shall provide to an individual who delivers human remains for natural organic reduction a receipt signed by both the registered reduction operator and the person who delivered the human remains, that includes the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Name of the individual from whom the human remains were received and the name of the individual’s employer, if any;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Name and address of the reduction facility;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Name and address of the decedent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Gender of the decedent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Date of death of decedent; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Verification of authorized burial transit permit.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The permit holder shall maintain a record of each natural organic reduction which shall include the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Name of the decedent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Date of birth of the decedent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Date of death of the decedent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Gender of the decedent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Name and address of the authorizing agent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Relationship of the authorizing agent to the decedent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Date, time, and location of the reduction facility; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Name of the registered reduction operator who performed the natural organic reduction.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The permit holder shall provide a certificate of disposition of soil remains to the authorizing agent or funeral establishment that arranged for the natural organic reduction that contains the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Name of the decedent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Name of the authorizing agent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Relationship of the authorizing agent to the decedent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Date, time, and location where the natural organic reduction occurred;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Name of the registered reduction operator who performed the natural organic reduction;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Name and address of the person who received the soil remains from the permit holder; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>If ascertainable, the location, including the name of the cemetery and plot location if the soil remains are interred, the manner, and the date of the disposition of the soil remains.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The permit holder shall maintain a copy of every record and receipt required by this regulation as permanent records.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>All records required to be maintained by a permit holder by this chapter are subject to inspection and copying by the Office.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>