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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 34.04.06.05" title_num="34" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="06" heading="Inventory of Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Trust shall prepare and maintain an inventory of all human remains and associated funerary objects in its possession, custody, or control.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Contents of the Inventory. The inventory shall include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>For human remains:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A description of whether the remains are of a complete or partial skeleton, bone fragments, or a cremation; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Information sufficient to identify the remains by individual or by skeletal types or elements when the remains cannot be identified by individual;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>For an associated funerary object:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A description of the object; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The identity of the human remains with which the object was interred or found, if known;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The location, if known, where the remains or object were disinterred or found;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>To the extent determinable to a reasonable degree of certainty:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The identities of any lineal descendants;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The identities of any groups that have a cultural affiliation with the remains or object;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The ethnicity of the remains or of the individual with whom an object is associated; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>A summary of the evidence used to make these determinations; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>If obtained by or known to the Trust:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The name of the site from which the Trust obtained possession, custody, or control of the item;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The date that the Trust obtained possession, custody, or control of the item;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Information concerning the circumstances under which the Trust obtained possession, custody, or control of the item, including any information that identifies from whom the Trust acquired the item; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>The identity or identities of any study, report, or other documentation related to the item.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Distribution of Inventory.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Promptly after adding an item of human remains or an associated funerary object to the inventory, the Trust shall as may be practicable send a copy of the inventory for that item to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Any person identified in the inventory as a lineal descendant;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Any group identified in the inventory as having a cultural affiliation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>If the item is Native American remains or has a cultural affiliation to a Native American tribe, the Commission on Indian Affairs;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>If the item is remains of or has a cultural affiliation to an ethnic group for which there is an ethnic commission, the relevant ethnic commission; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Any other person or group that the Trust determines may be likely to assist with identifying lineal descendants or groups with a cultural affiliation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>To each person, group, or commission that the Trust sends a copy of an inventory pursuant to this section, the Trust shall send with the copy information on the Trust’s procedures for persons or groups to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Request transfer of human remains or associated funerary objects; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Obtain copies of any documents maintained by the Trust that are identified in the inventory.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Requests for Inventory and Documentation. The Trust shall consider any request for copies of the inventory or of documents identified in the inventory in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Public Information Act, General Provisions Article, Title 4, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The Trust shall post on its website a copy of the inventory for all human remains and associated funerary objects that are in the Trust’s possession, custody, or control.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>