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Statutes > Maryland > Health-general > Title-5 > Subtitle-5 > 5-505§ 5-505. Use of casket.
(a) Casket not required.- Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person may not require that a cremation be performed with a casket. However, the use of a simple container may be required.
(b) Use of casket.- The person arranging for final disposition of a body may specify that a casket:
(1) Be used before cremation;
(2) Be consumed during cremation;
(3) Be used after cremation; or
(4) Not be used before, during, or after cremation.
[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 367A; 1982, ch. 21, § 2.]
