(a) A practitioner or an operator of a crematory may not require an authorizing agent to obtain appointment as personal representative of the decedent’s estate as a condition precedent to making final arrangements or authorizing cremation of a decedent.
(b) A person may not authorize cremation when a decedent has left instructions in a document that the decedent does not wish to be cremated.
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