Wash. Admin. Code § 308-47-075 - Reduction facility requirements
(1) Crematory facilities must:
(a) Only use a commercially produced
crematory unit(s); and
(b) Employ a
licensed crematory operator or operators.
(2) Hydrolysis facilities must:
(a) Only use a purpose built vessel as a
reduction chamber which meets generally accepted standards of the death care
profession;
(b) Employ a licensed
alkaline hydrolysis operator or operators; and
(c) Comply with all other applicable local,
state, and federal laws and regulations.
(3) Natural organic reduction facilities
must:
(a) Only use a contained reduction
vessel that is designed to promote aerobic reduction and minimizes odors and
vectors;
(b) Employ a licensed
natural organic reduction facility operator;
(c) Comply with all other applicable local,
state, and federal laws and regulations; and
(d) Reach a minimum temperature of 131
degrees Fahrenheit for seventy-two consecutive hours during the reduction
process.
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(1) Crematory facilities must:
(a) Only use a commercially produced crematory unit(s); and
(b) Employ a licensed crematory operator or operators.
(2) Hydrolysis facilities must:
(a) Only use a purpose built vessel as a reduction chamber which meets generally accepted standards of the death care profession;
(b) Employ a licensed alkaline hydrolysis operator or operators; and
(c) Comply with all other applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations.
(3) Natural organic reduction facilities must:
(a) Only use a contained reduction vessel that is designed to promote aerobic reduction and minimizes odors and vectors;
(b) Employ a licensed natural organic reduction facility operator;
(c) Comply with all other applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations; and
(d) Reach a minimum temperature of 131 degrees Fahrenheit for seventy-two consecutive hours during the reduction process.