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State office says it regulates five crematories, logs no recent crematory complaints
Summary
The Maryland Office of Cemetery Oversight told the Health and Government Operations Committee it oversees five crematories, inspected them in the past year with no significant findings, and has a single investigator handling complaints and inspections while two staff positions remain vacant.
John Dove, commissioner of the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing at the Maryland Department of Labor, told the Health and Government Operations Committee that the Office of Cemetery Oversight licenses and inspects a small number of crematories and handles consumer complaints.
Dove said the state has 47 regulated crematories: "42 of them are regulated by the Maryland Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors with the Maryland Department of Health," and "5 crematories are regulated by the Office of Cemetery Oversight." He added the office licenses 21 crematory operators and that the five crematories the office oversees were inspected during the past year "with no significant findings."
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