Maryland Health - General Section 5-506

      (a)      A health officer may take control of a body that is being kept in a room where an individual lives and that is in a condition that endangers an individual in the house where the body is kept if:

            (1)      At least 3 individuals living near the house or a physician asks the health officer, in writing, to order final disposition of the body;

            (2)      The health officer issues an order for final disposition, within a time period stated in the order; and

            (3)      Final disposition of the body is not made within that time.

      (b)      A person may not obstruct the carrying out of an order of a health officer under this section.