# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 29 — Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors

### Chapter 15 — Family Security Trust Fund

#### Regulation .01 Scope.

*COMAR 10.29.15.01*

A. This chapter governs the collection of fees from licensed funeral establishments for claimants to recover compensation from the Family Security Trust Fund for an actual pre-need trust fund loss that occurred in this State due to theft, embezzlement, false pretenses, forgery, fraud, or misrepresentation by a licensed mortician, funeral director, or holder of a surviving spouse license.

B. This chapter applies to all preneed contracts entered into by a licensed mortician, funeral director, or a holder of a surviving spouse license with a buyer, including those preneed contracts arranged on behalf of a holder of a corporate license.