Section 608 – Recordkeeping.
58-9-608. Recordkeeping. (1) (a) A funeral service establishment shall furnish to the person who delivers human remains to the establishment for cremation 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 alternative container delivered; […]
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 601 – Advance directions.
Effective 5/8/2018 58-9-601. Advance directions. (1) A person may provide written directions, acknowledged before a notary public or executed with the same formalities required of a will under Section 75-2-502, to direct the preparation, type, and place of the person’s disposition, including: (a) designating a funeral service establishment; (b) providing directions for burial arrangements; (c) […]
Section 602 – Determination of control of disposition.
Effective 5/10/2016 58-9-602. Determination of control of disposition. The right and duty to control the disposition of a deceased person, which may include cremation as well as the location, manner and conditions of the disposition, and arrangements for funeral goods and services to be provided, vests in the following degrees of relationship in the order […]
Section 603 – Loss of right of disposition.
58-9-603. Loss of right of disposition. (1) As used in this section, “estranged” means a physical and emotional separation from the decedent at the time of death which has existed for a period of time that clearly demonstrates an absence of affection, trust, and regard for the decedent. (2) A person who has a right […]
Section 604 – Control by funeral service director.
58-9-604. Control by funeral service director. A funeral service director may control the disposition of the decedent and recover reasonable charges if: (1) (a) the funeral service director has actual knowledge that none of the persons described in Section 58-9-602 exist; or (b) after reasonable efforts the funeral service director is not able to contact […]