§ 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.

HISTORY: 1994, ch. 517; 1995, ch. 517; 2004, ch. 25, § 6.