Can a dead body be removed from a hospital, a No dead body shall be removed from a hospital, a nursing home, a
nursing home, a private home served by a home private home served by a home health care provider, or a hospice
health care provider, or a hospice without a without pronouncement of death certified either by hand or
pronoucement? electronically by the registered nurse or physician.
Can an estranged spouse have custody and If the surviving spouse and the subject were estranged at the time of
control of the subject's remains? death, the spouse shall not have custody and control of the subject's
remains. In this case, custody and control belong to the next of kin
following the spouse.
Can you inter a dead human body of a human No interment of the dead human body, nor disposition of the body in a
being without a burial permit? tomb or vault, shall be made without a permit.
Define "Apprentice". Means any person engaged in embalming under the instruction and
supervision of an embalmer duly licensed under the provisions of this
chapter and actively engaged in embalming.
Define "Associate Funeral Director". Means an individual who is duly licensed, by passage of a written
examination, in another state and who has either secured potential
employment as a funeral director or has committed to the purchase of
an existing funeral home in this state upon licensure.
Define "Board". Means the state board of registration of funeral directors and
embalmers.
, Define "Continuing Education". Means planned, organized learning experiences designed to augment
the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of embalmers and funeral directors
for the enhancement of the funeral profession.
Define "Embalmer". Means any person engaged, or holding oneself out as engaged, in
embalming, whether on the person's own behalf or in the employ of
another, and shall include any person who uses, in connection with the
same name, the word "embalmer", or any other word or title intending
to imply or designate the person as an embalmer, or as one engaged
in embalming.
Define "Embalming". Means the business, practice, science, or profession of preserving,
disinfecting, and preparing in any manner dead human bodies for
burial, cremation, or transportation.
Define "Funeral Directing". Means the business, practice, or profession of: a.) directing or
supervising funerals, b.) the preparation or disposal of dead human
bodies, c.) conducting or maintaining a preparation room or
establishment equipped with the necessary drainage and ventilation,
which contains the necessary instruments and supplies for the
preparation and embalming of dead human bodies for burial,
cremation, or transportation; or d.) conducting or maintaining a funeral
home parlor, mortuary or funeral chapel from which funerals may be
held and in which services may be conducted.
nursing home, a private home served by a home private home served by a home health care provider, or a hospice
health care provider, or a hospice without a without pronouncement of death certified either by hand or
pronoucement? electronically by the registered nurse or physician.
Can an estranged spouse have custody and If the surviving spouse and the subject were estranged at the time of
control of the subject's remains? death, the spouse shall not have custody and control of the subject's
remains. In this case, custody and control belong to the next of kin
following the spouse.
Can you inter a dead human body of a human No interment of the dead human body, nor disposition of the body in a
being without a burial permit? tomb or vault, shall be made without a permit.
Define "Apprentice". Means any person engaged in embalming under the instruction and
supervision of an embalmer duly licensed under the provisions of this
chapter and actively engaged in embalming.
Define "Associate Funeral Director". Means an individual who is duly licensed, by passage of a written
examination, in another state and who has either secured potential
employment as a funeral director or has committed to the purchase of
an existing funeral home in this state upon licensure.
Define "Board". Means the state board of registration of funeral directors and
embalmers.
, Define "Continuing Education". Means planned, organized learning experiences designed to augment
the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of embalmers and funeral directors
for the enhancement of the funeral profession.
Define "Embalmer". Means any person engaged, or holding oneself out as engaged, in
embalming, whether on the person's own behalf or in the employ of
another, and shall include any person who uses, in connection with the
same name, the word "embalmer", or any other word or title intending
to imply or designate the person as an embalmer, or as one engaged
in embalming.
Define "Embalming". Means the business, practice, science, or profession of preserving,
disinfecting, and preparing in any manner dead human bodies for
burial, cremation, or transportation.
Define "Funeral Directing". Means the business, practice, or profession of: a.) directing or
supervising funerals, b.) the preparation or disposal of dead human
bodies, c.) conducting or maintaining a preparation room or
establishment equipped with the necessary drainage and ventilation,
which contains the necessary instruments and supplies for the
preparation and embalming of dead human bodies for burial,
cremation, or transportation; or d.) conducting or maintaining a funeral
home parlor, mortuary or funeral chapel from which funerals may be
held and in which services may be conducted.
