(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.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 5-501 - Consent for Postmortem Examination
Section 5-502 - Cremation -- Required Identification and Authorization
Section 5-503 - Cremation -- Time Interval
Section 5-504 - Transporting to Crematory
Section 5-506 - Control of Body by Health Officer
Section 5-509 - Disposition of Body Other Than by Will
Section 5-510 - Disposition of Body Other Than by Will -- Failure to Agree on Disposition