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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 10.29.21.02" title_num="10" subtitle_num="29" chapter_num="21" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Board” means the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“CJIS” means the Criminal Justice Information System.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Cleaning” means to disinfect the entire interior of the mortuary transport service vehicle, including the drivers’ cabin.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Crematory” means a building, portion of a building, or structure that houses the necessary appliances and facilities for cremation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Criminal history records check” means the performance of both a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>State criminal history check by the Central Repository; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>National criminal history check by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Disinfect” means a process that eliminates many or all pathogenic microorganisms, except bacterial spores, on inanimate objects using liquid chemicals or wet pasteurization.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Funeral establishment” means any building, structure, or premises from which the business of practicing mortuary science is conducted.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Human Remains.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Human remains” means:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The body of a deceased person; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A part of a body or limb that has been removed from a living person.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Human remains” includes the body or part of a body or limb in any state of decomposition.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“Impervious surface” means a surface constructed from material that does not allow another substance to pass through or to penetrate the material.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“Licensed funeral establishment” means, unless the context requires otherwise, a funeral establishment that is licensed by the Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Mortuary Transport Service.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Mortuary transport service” means an individual or a business entity issued a permit by the Board that, for compensation:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Removes and transports human remains;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Transports human remains from the place of death or storage to a funeral establishment or crematory; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Employs a transporter to remove or transport human remains.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Mortuary transport service” does not include:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>A licensed funeral establishment using the establishment's own employee or employees to remove and transport human remains for compensation in the establishment's own Board-inspected vehicle; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A cemetery or an employee of a cemetery that removes or transports human remains within the boundaries of the cemetery.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>“Office” means the Office of Cemetery Oversight within the Maryland Department of Labor.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>“Permit” means a permit issued by the Board to the owner of a mortuary transport service to operate in the State.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>“Permit holder” means a mortuary transport service that holds a permit issued by the Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(15)">
      <text>“Registered transporter” means an individual employee of a mortuary transport service who has registered with the Board to remove and transport human remains.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(16)">
      <text>“Registration” means a registration issued by the Board to a registered transporter to remove and transport human remains.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(17)">
      <text>“Removal vehicle” means a vehicle of a size, dimensions, and specifications suitable for the transportation of human remains which has passed an inspection by the Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(18)">
      <text>“Remove and transport human remains” means to remove human remains from one location and transport the human remains directly to another location.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>