Section 5-512 - Authorizing agent as personal representative not required; documents negating cremation(a) A practitioner or an operator of a crematory may not require an authorizing agent to obtain appointment as personal representative of the decedent's estate as a condition precedent to making final arrangements or authorizing cremation of a decedent.(b) A person may not authorize cremation when a decedent has left instructions in a document that the decedent does not wish to be cremated.