Section 5-508 - Definitions.
§ 5-508. Definitions.
(a) In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Authorizing agent.- "Authorizing agent" means the individual who has legal authority to arrange for and make decisions regarding the final disposition of a dead human body, including by cremation.
(c) Cremation.- "Cremation" means the disposition of a dead human body by means of incineration.
(d) Crematory.- "Crematory" is a building in which cremations are performed.
(e) Decedent.- "Decedent" means a dead human being.
(f) Practitioner.- "Practitioner" means a person who is licensed by the State as a funeral director, mortician, or surviving spouse licensee to practice mortuary science.
(g) Pre-need contract.- "Pre-need contract" means an agreement prior to the time of death between a consumer and a practitioner to provide any goods and services regarding the final disposition of a dead human body.
[1994, ch. 517; 1995, ch. 517; 2004, ch. 25, § 6.]