§ 5-512. Authorizing agent as personal representative not required; documents negating cremation

MD Health-Gen Code § 5-512 (2019) (N/A)
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(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.