{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-health-general-5-512","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Health - General § 5–512","heading":"","body":"(a) A practitioner or an operator of a crematory or reduction facility 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, alkaline hydrolysis, or natural organic reduction of a decedent.\n(b) A person may not authorize cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, or natural organic reduction when a decedent has left instructions in a document that the decedent does not wish to be cremated or be subject to alkaline hydrolysis or natural organic reduction.","path":["Article - Health - General"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=ghg\u0026section=5-512","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:58:48Z","sha256":"b44f23569a57992b3e6c20ce09e7cbdd5b00caade18ed9781de1b4d56b43c2cf","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-health-general-5-511","next":"us-md/md.-code-health-general-5-513"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}