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State revokes five funeral-home inspection certificates after hearing on unattended remains and record gaps
Summary
The Department of Public Health licensing board voted Nov. 3, 2025 to revoke the inspection certificates for five funeral‑home locations associated with Philip M. Pietrus after the respondent failed to appear and the department presented evidence of incomplete records and cremated remains left on premises following evictions.
The Department of Public Health licensing board voted Nov. 3, 2025 to revoke the inspection certificates for five funeral-home locations associated with Philip M. Pietrus after the respondent failed to appear and the department established service of notice.
Department attorneys told the board that Pietrus had been previously found to have taken payments for funeral contracts without depositing funds into required escrow accounts, and that inspections and post-eviction walkthroughs found remains and incomplete records at multiple locations. "The Department respectfully moves to deem all allegations admitted in each of the matters noticed for today's hearings," Department staff attorney Julianne Cataya said during the hearing.
Special investigator James Moore testified that during an inspection of the Rockville location in June 2024 he observed nine decedents in a prep room with incomplete documentation, including missing cremation…
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