10.29.07 Surviving Spouse Flashcards
This chapter establishes standards for the issuance of a surviving spouse license by the State board of Morticians and Funeral Directors
10.29.07.01 Scope
The State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors
Board
An individual who is licensed by the Board to practice funeral direction.
Funeral Director
An individual who practices mortuary science.
Mortician
- To operate a funeral establishment;
- For compensation, to prepare a dead human body for disposition including disinfecting or preserving a dead human body or any of the body’s parts by arterial or cavity injection; or
- For compensation, to arrange for or make final disposition of a dead human body.
Mortuary Science
The activities and entity related to providing mortuary science services.
Mortuary Science Business
The husband or wife who is predeceased by a licensed mortician or funeral director.
Surviving Spouse
- Subit to the Board within 30 days of the death of the deceased spouse:
- An application on a form required by the Board,
- Documentation of the spouse’s death,
- Evidence that the licensed mortician or funeral director either wholly or partly owned the mortuary science business for which an establishment license was issued,
- Information as to the role that the deceased licensed mortician had in the operation of that business, and
- Any other information requested by the Board to verify the ownership or operational details of the mortuary sicence business with which the deceased mortician or funeral director had been associated; and
- Pay a fee pursuant to COMAR 10.29.04
10.29.07.03 Issuance of a Surviving Spouse License
A. Upon the Death of a Licensed Mortician or Funeral Director, the Surviving Spouse Shall:
The Board may not issue a surviving spouse license to a licensed mortician or funeral director.
10.29.07.03 Issuance of a Surviving Spouse License
B.
Continue the operation of the mortuary science business of the deceased licensed mortician as it had been operated at the time fo the licensed mortician’s death; and
10.29.07.04 Authority of Surviving Spouse License
The Surviving Spouse License Shall Authorize the Licensee to:
A.
Assist with the planning and conducting of funeral services for that mortuary science business.
10.29.07.04 Authority of Surviving Spouse License
The Surviving Spouse License Shall Authorize the Licensee to:
B.
Subject to the renewal provisions of Regulation .09 of this chapter, a surviving spouse license shall remain effective if the license is used in accordance with Regulation .04 of this chapter.
10.29.07.05 Duration of Surviving Spouse License
Documentation that the business is to be operated under the direct supervision of a licensed mortician or funeral director;
10.29.07.06 Conditions of Issuance of a Surviving Spouse License
The Board may Issue a Surviving Spouse License if the Board Recieves:
A.
The name, address, and license number of the mortician or funeral director that will be operating the business;
10.29.07.06 Conditions of Issuance of a Surviving Spouse License
The Board may Issue a Surviving Spouse License if the Board Recieves:
B.
A written statement from a licensed mortician on a form required by the Board verifying that, if embalming is provided, the licensed mortician will provide direct supervision and perform the embalming or other means of final disposition of dead human bodies on behalf of the mortuary science business requesting the license; and
10.29.07.06 Conditions of Issuance of a Surviving Spouse License
The Board may Issue a Surviving Spouse License if the Board Recieves:
C.