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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".13" citation="COMAR 09.34.13.13" title_num="09" subtitle_num="34" chapter_num="13" heading="Visitors.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Privacy. Entrances and exterior windows of the reduction facility shall be maintained at all times to secure privacy, including:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Doors shall be tight closing and rigid;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Windows shall be covered;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Entrances other than to the office or ceremony room shall be marked “private” or “authorized entry only” to preclude entry by unauthorized persons; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Entrances shall be locked and secured when not actively attended by one or more authorized persons.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Access. No persons except authorized persons shall be admitted into the holding facility while human remains are being stored and no persons except authorized persons shall be admitted into the area containing vessels for natural organic reduction while the decedents are receiving natural organic reduction. Authorized persons shall enter and remain in the holding facility or vessel area only as necessary to perform or assist with the performance of reduction facility business and operations. On admittance, authorized persons shall comply with all rules of the reduction facility and not infringe upon the privacy and dignity of the remains of decedents.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Dignity of ceremony room. A reduction facility may have a ceremony room available for viewings and ceremonies. The ceremony room shall be separated from the holding facility. The holding facility interior shall not be visible from the ceremony room. No persons except authorized persons shall be admitted into the ceremony room during the commencement of natural organic reduction.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Authorized Persons. The following are authorized persons:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Licensed funeral directors, morticians, and enrolled students of mortuary science;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Officers and directors of the reduction facility;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Authorized employees or agents of the reduction facility;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Public officers acting in the discharge of their duties;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Authorized instructors of funeral directing schools;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The person or persons in control of disposition;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Members of the immediate family of the decedent, their authorizing agent and designated representatives; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Other individuals authorized by the authorizing agent or accompanied by reduction facility staff.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>