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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 10.29.19.02" title_num="10" subtitle_num="29" chapter_num="19" heading="Removal, Identification, and Transportation of Human Remains.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Upon receipt of human remains, a permit holder in the presence of the authorizing agent or representative of the funeral establishment engaging crematory services shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Verify that the information on the wrist tag is consistent with the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Documentation accompanying the deceased; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Visual observation of the remains themselves;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Use a metal detector wand to inspect for the presence of any battery operated, implanted devices including pacemakers, defibrillators, or pain relief devices;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Refuse to accept human remains for cremation if an inspection of the human remains indicates the presence of any battery operated, implanted device;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Ensure the removal and properly dispose of any hazardous object or any other materials that the individual authorized under this subtitle deems should be removed from the human remains, the crematory container, or the hydrolysis container, in order to prevent harm to the public health or damage to the cremator or alkaline hydrolysis unit;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Remove any jewelry:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>On the human remains;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>In the crematory container; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>In the hydrolysis container;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Return any removed jewelry to the authorizing agent or representative of the funeral establishment engaging crematory services; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Obtain a signed, itemized receipt from the authorizing agent or representative of the funeral establishment engaging crematory services for the removed jewelry and retain the receipt as a permanent record.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Foreign objects removed from the human remains:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Shall be treated as medical waste and disposed of accordingly; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>May not be donated until a sterilization process through a third party recognized by the Board to dispose properly of medical waste has been performed.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Materials identifying the human remains that are placed in the custody of a permit holder shall contain the following information about the decedent:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Name;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Date of birth;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Date of death;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Name of funeral establishment or authorizing agent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Gender; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Name and relationship of authorizing agent to deceased.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A permit holder may not accept unidentified human remains for cremation or alkaline hydrolysis.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>