Section 615 – Accepting remains for alkaline hydrolysis.
Effective 5/8/2018 58-9-615. Accepting remains for alkaline hydrolysis. (1) A funeral service establishment may not make or enforce a rule requiring that human remains be placed in a casket before alkaline hydrolysis. (2) A funeral service establishment may not refuse to accept human remains for alkaline hydrolysis because the human remains are not in a […]
Section 616 – Procedure for alkaline hydrolysis.
Effective 5/8/2018 58-9-616. Procedure for alkaline hydrolysis. (1) A funeral service establishment may not perform alkaline hydrolysis on human remains until the funeral service establishment: (a) completes and files a death certificate with the Office of Vital Statistics and the county health department as indicated on the regular medical certificate of death or the coroner’s […]
Section 617 – Final disposition of remains from the alkaline hydrolysis process.
Effective 5/8/2018 58-9-617. Final disposition of remains from the alkaline hydrolysis process. (1) (a) An authorizing agent shall provide the person with whom alkaline hydrolysis arrangements are made with a signed statement specifying the final disposition of the remains from the alkaline hydrolysis process, if known. (b) The funeral service establishment shall retain a copy […]
Section 618 – Limitation of liability.
Effective 5/8/2018 58-9-618. Limitation of liability. (1) An authorizing agent who signs an alkaline hydrolysis authorization form warrants the truthfulness of the facts set forth on the form, including: (a) the identity of the deceased whose remains are to undergo the alkaline hydrolysis process; and (b) the authorizing agent’s authority to order the alkaline hydrolysis […]
Section 619 – Exception for disposition of fetal remains.
Effective 5/12/2020 58-9-619. Exception for disposition of fetal remains. (1) As used in this section, “fetal remains” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26-2-2. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this part, a funeral service establishment: (a) is exempt from any requirement to name the miscarried fetus or the aborted fetus: […]
Section 609 – Cremation containers.
58-9-609. Cremation containers. (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2), a funeral service establishment may not make or enforce a rule requiring that human remains be: (i) placed in a casket before cremation; or (ii) cremated in a casket. (b) A funeral service establishment may not refuse to accept human remains for cremation because […]
Section 610 – Cremation procedures.
58-9-610. Cremation procedures. (1) A funeral service establishment may not cremate human remains until the funeral service establishment: (a) completes and files a death certificate with the office of vital statistics and the county health department as indicated on the regular medical certificate of death or the coroner’s certificate; and (b) complies with the provisions […]
Section 611 – Disposition of cremated remains.
Effective 5/8/2018 58-9-611. Disposition of cremated remains. (1) (a) An authorizing agent shall provide the person with whom cremation arrangements are made with a signed statement specifying the final disposition of the cremated remains, if known. (b) The funeral services establishment shall retain a copy of the statement. (2) (a) The authorizing agent is responsible […]
Section 612 – Limitation of liability.
58-9-612. Limitation of liability. (1) An authorizing agent who signs a cremation authorization form warrants the truthfulness of the facts set forth on the form, including: (a) the identity of the deceased whose remains are to be cremated; and (b) the authorizing agent’s authority to order the cremation. (2) A funeral service establishment may rely […]
Section 613 – Authorization for alkaline hydrolysis — Penalties for removal of items from human remains.
Effective 5/8/2018 58-9-613. Authorization for alkaline hydrolysis — Penalties for removal of items from human remains. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a funeral service establishment may not perform alkaline hydrolysis on human remains until the funeral service establishment has received: (a) an alkaline hydrolysis authorization form signed by an authorizing agent; (b) […]