Md. Code, Health Occupations § 7-102
This is the official text of Md. Code, Health Occupations § 7-102, part of Maryland’s Code, Health Occupations — governs the licensing of healthcare professionals.
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§7–102.
Official statutory text
(a) This title does not limit the right of an individual to practice a health occupation that the individual is authorized to practice under this article.
(b) (1) In this subsection, “registrant or permit holder” means a person regulated under Title 5 of the Business Regulation Article as a registered cemeterian, registered reduction operator, registered seller, or holder of a permit to operate a cemetery, reduction facility, or burial goods business.
(2) This title does not apply to:
(i) The business of operating a cemetery, including the sale of cemetery lots, grave sites, mausoleums, monuments, lawn crypts, or vaults;
(ii) The ownership of a crematory or reduction facility or the business of operating a crematory or reduction facility in which:
1. A registrant or permit holder owns a greater percentage of the crematory or reduction facility than a person licensed under this title;
2. Ownership is equal between a registrant or permit holder and a person licensed under this title; or
3. Neither a registrant, permit holder, or person licensed under this title has an ownership interest in the crematory or reduction facility; or
(iii) The ownership of a crematory or the business of operating a crematory or incinerator at a licensed medical facility or educational institution.
(b) (1) In this subsection, “registrant or permit holder” means a person regulated under Title 5 of the Business Regulation Article as a registered cemeterian, registered reduction operator, registered seller, or holder of a permit to operate a cemetery, reduction facility, or burial goods business.
(2) This title does not apply to:
(i) The business of operating a cemetery, including the sale of cemetery lots, grave sites, mausoleums, monuments, lawn crypts, or vaults;
(ii) The ownership of a crematory or reduction facility or the business of operating a crematory or reduction facility in which:
1. A registrant or permit holder owns a greater percentage of the crematory or reduction facility than a person licensed under this title;
2. Ownership is equal between a registrant or permit holder and a person licensed under this title; or
3. Neither a registrant, permit holder, or person licensed under this title has an ownership interest in the crematory or reduction facility; or
(iii) The ownership of a crematory or the business of operating a crematory or incinerator at a licensed medical facility or educational institution.
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