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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 10.29.21.06" title_num="10" subtitle_num="29" chapter_num="21" heading="Prohibited Acts.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A permit holder or transporter shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>At all times treat the human remains being transported with the utmost dignity; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Comply with the requirements of Health-General Article, §5-513, Annotated Code of Maryland, except with regard to inspection of an out-of-State facility.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A permit holder may not:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Violate any federal, State, or local law or regulation or order a transporter to violate any federal, State, or local law or regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Employ a transporter who does not hold a registration issued by the Board;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>In signage or advertisement, use a name for the mortuary transport service that is different from the name of the mortuary transport service as it appears on the permit issued by the Board;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Operate the mortuary transport service in a manner that does not respect:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The dignity of the decedent; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The public health;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Prevent or in any way inhibit the Board’s designated inspector from investigating a complaint or from inspecting a removal vehicle;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Unless appropriately licensed, represent themselves as a mortician or funeral director;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Make arrangements for burial or cremation of human remains;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Fail to notify the Board within 30 days of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A change in address of the mortuary transport service;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A change in address of a registered transporter; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A commencement of employment or a separation of employment with a registered transporter;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Dress or behave in an unprofessional manner while performing their official duties;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Advertise or solicit business directly to the family of a dying person or recently deceased person; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Offer goods or services other than the service a permit authorizes the permit holder to provide.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A registered transporter may not:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Transport human remains without the required documented authorization;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Unless appropriately credentialed, represent themselves as a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Permit holder;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Mortician; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Funeral director;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Allow an individual who is not an employee of the employing mortuary transport service or of the funeral establishment engaging the services of the mortuary transport service to accompany the registered transporter while in the performance of the registered transporter’s official duties;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Make arrangements for burial or cremation of the human remains unless appropriately licensed or certified by the Board or the Office;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Unless removing and transporting more than one human remains from different locations, fail to transport the human remains directly to the location agreed upon by the individual with the right to final disposition of the human remains or to the location requested by the mortician or funeral director;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Fail to notify the Board of a change of the registered transporter’s address within 30 days;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Fail to display prominently on their person, in accordance with Regulation .04E of this chapter, the permit number of the mortuary transport service for which the registered transporter is employed;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Dress or behave in an unprofessional manner while performing their official duties.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Display in any removal vehicle any marking, sticker, or other indication of passage of a Board inspection other than the sticker issued by the Board;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Advertise or solicit business directly to the family of a dying person or recently deceased person;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Offer goods or services other than the service a permit authorizes the permit holder to provide;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>Sign a death certificate;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>Upon arrival at a location for the purpose of removing and transporting human remains, fail to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Verbally identify themselves as a registered transporter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Identify the entity for whom they are removing and transporting human remains;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>Perform their official duties in an unsanitary manner or in a manner that does not observe the Centers for Disease Control’s Guidelines on Universal Precautions; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(15)">
      <text>Eat, drink, or smoke in the removal vehicle while in the performance of their official duties.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>