(a) Subject to the provisions of this subtitle, a person may recover compensation from the Fund for an actual pre-need trust fund loss that occurred on or after January 1, 2010, and is based on an act or omission as described in subsection (b) of this section. (b) A claim for the loss shall: (1) Be based on an act or omission that occurs in the provision of funeral pre-need services by: (i) A licensed mortician; (ii) A licensed funeral director; (iii) A licensed apprentice mortician; (iv) A licensed apprentice funeral director; or (v) An unlicensed employee of a licensed funeral establishment; (2) Involve a transaction that relates to pre-need funeral planning that occurred in the State; and (3) Be based on an act or omission: (i) In which pre-need money is obtained from a person by theft, embezzlement, false pretenses, or forgery; or (ii) That constitutes fraud or misrepresentation. (c) The amount recovered for any claim against the Fund: (1) May not exceed the actual monetary loss suffered; and (2) May not include noneconomic, consequential, or punitive damages. (d) A funeral establishment shall include in each sales contract that is provided by the funeral establishment a written notice to the buyer that the buyer may file a claim with the Fund.
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