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 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) […]
Section 614 – Recordkeeping.
Effective 5/8/2018 58-9-614. Recordkeeping. (1) (a) A funeral service establishment shall furnish to the person who delivers human remains to the establishment for alkaline hydrolysis a receipt signed by a representative of the establishment and the person making the delivery, showing: (i) the date and time of the delivery; (ii) the type of casket or […]
Section 605 – Disputes.
58-9-605. Disputes. (1) Notwithstanding Sections 58-9-601 through 58-9-604, the probate court for the county in which the decedent resided may: (a) award the right of disposition to the person determined by the court to be the most fit and appropriate to carry out the right of disposition; and (b) make decisions regarding the decedent’s remains […]
Section 606 – Right to rely — Immunity.
Effective 5/8/2018 58-9-606. Right to rely — Immunity. (1) A person signing a funeral service agreement, cremation authorization form, alkaline hydrolysis authorization form, or other authorization for a decedent’s disposition warrants the truthfulness of the facts set forth in the document, including the identity of the decedent and the person’s authority to order the disposition. […]