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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" citation="COMAR 10.29.19.09" title_num="10" subtitle_num="29" chapter_num="19" heading="Use of a Casket; Embalming.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Except as provided in §B of this regulation, a permit holder may not:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Require that human remains be placed in a casket before cremation or that human remains be cremated in a casket;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Refuse to accept human remains for cremation because the remains are not in a casket; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Refuse to accept human remains for cremation because the remains are in a suitable, combustible wooden casket, but may require the authorizing agent or funeral establishment engaging the services of the crematory authority to remove the metal mattress holder in the casket.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Human remains delivered to a crematory establishment may not be removed from the cremation container.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The cremation container shall be cremated with the human remains unless the authorizing agent for the deceased requests a more natural environment for the deceased. A permit holder is not required to accept this manner of disposition.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A permit holder may not require that human remains be subjected to embalming before cremation.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>