# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 29 — Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors

### Chapter 12 — Advertising

#### Regulation .05 Prohibitions.

*COMAR 10.29.12.05*

A. A licensee is prohibited from:

  (1) Soliciting mortuary science business from a dying individual or the relatives of a dying individual other than through general advertising;

  (2) Employing, paying, or offering to pay a person to obtain business, either in general or for a particular mortician, funeral director, surviving spouse, or funeral establishment; and

  (3) Soliciting or accepting payment or rebate for recommending any crematory, mausoleum, or cemetery, suggesting that a dead human body be disposed of there.

B. Unless licensed by the Board, an individual may not:

  (1) Use the initials LM or LFD after the name of the individual to indicate that the individual is authorized to practice mortuary science or funeral direction as a:

    (a) Licensed mortician (LM); or

    (b) Licensed funeral director (LFD); or

  (2) Represent to the public that the individual is a:

    (a) Licensed mortician (LM); or

    (b) Licensed funeral director (LFD).

C. An apprentice licensee may not advertise the provision of mortuary science services in Maryland.

D. A courtesy card holder may not advertise the provision of mortuary science services in Maryland.