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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 10.29.12.05" title_num="10" subtitle_num="29" chapter_num="12" heading="Prohibitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A licensee is prohibited from:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Soliciting mortuary science business from a dying individual or the relatives of a dying individual other than through general advertising;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>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</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Soliciting or accepting payment or rebate for recommending any crematory, mausoleum, or cemetery, suggesting that a dead human body be disposed of there.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Unless licensed by the Board, an individual may not:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>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:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Licensed mortician (LM); or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Licensed funeral director (LFD); or</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Represent to the public that the individual is a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Licensed mortician (LM); or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Licensed funeral director (LFD).</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An apprentice licensee may not advertise the provision of mortuary science services in Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A courtesy card holder may not advertise the provision of mortuary science services in Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>