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Maryland Code, Health-General § 5-506

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A health officer may take control of a body that is being kept in a room where an individual lives and that is in a condition that endangers an individual in the house where the body is kept if:

(1) At least 3 individuals living near the house or a physician asks the health officer, in writing, to order final disposition of the body;

(2) The health officer issues an order for final disposition, within a time period stated in the order; and

(3) Final disposition of the body is not made within that time.

(b) A person may not obstruct the carrying out of an order of a health officer under this section.

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