Wash. Admin. Code § 308-49-130 - Definitions
(1) "Board " means
the funeral and cemetery board created pursuant to RCW 18.39.-173.
(2) "Director" means the director of
licensing.
(3) "Embalmer " means a
person engaged in the profession or business of disinfecting and preserving
human remains for transportation or final disposition.
(4) "Funeral director " means a person engaged
in the profession or business of providing for the care, shelter,
transportation, and arrangements for the disposition of human remains that may
include arranging and directing funeral, memorial, or other services.
(5) "Funeral establishment " means a place of
business licensed in accordance with
RCW
18.39.145, that provides for any aspect of
the care, shelter, transportation, embalming, preparation, and arrangements for
the disposition of human remains and includes all areas of such entity and all
equipment, instruments, and supplies used in the care, shelter, transportation,
preparation, and embalming of human remains.
(6) "Funeral merchandise or services " means
those services normally performed and merchandise normally provided by funeral
establishments, including the sale of burial supplies and equipment, but
excluding the sale by a cemetery of lands or interests therein, services
incidental thereto, markers, memorials, monuments, equipment, crypts, niches,
or vaults.
(7) "Licensee " means any
person or entity holding a license, registration, endorsement, or permit under
this chapter issued by the director.
(8) "Method of disposition " means burial,
entombment, cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, natural organic reduction,
anatomical donation or removal from state.
(9) "Prearrangement funeral service contract "
means any contract under which, for a specified consideration, a funeral
establishment promises, upon the death of the person named or implied in the
contract, to furnish funeral merchandise or services.
(10) "Public depositary " means a public
depositary defined by
RCW
39.58.010 or a state or federally chartered
credit union.
Notes
Statutory Authority: RCW 18.39.175(4). 90-17-148, § 308-49-130, filed 8/22/90, effective 9/22/90. Statutory Authority: 1982 c 66 § 12. 83-04-021 (Order PL 420 ), § 308-49-130, filed 1/26/83.
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(1) "Board" means the funeral and cemetery board created pursuant to RCW 18.39.-173.
(2) "Director" means the director of licensing.
(3) "Embalmer" means a person engaged in the profession or business of disinfecting and preserving human remains for transportation or final disposition.
(4) "Funeral director" means a person engaged in the profession or business of providing for the care, shelter, transportation, and arrangements for the disposition of human remains that may include arranging and directing funeral, memorial, or other services.
(5) "Funeral establishment" means a place of business licensed in accordance with RCW 18.39.145, that provides for any aspect of the care, shelter, transportation, embalming, preparation, and arrangements for the disposition of human remains and includes all areas of such entity and all equipment, instruments, and supplies used in the care, shelter, transportation, preparation, and embalming of human remains.
(6) "Funeral merchandise or services" means those services normally performed and merchandise normally provided by funeral establishments, including the sale of burial supplies and equipment, but excluding the sale by a cemetery of lands or interests therein, services incidental thereto, markers, memorials, monuments, equipment, crypts, niches, or vaults.
(7) "Licensee" means any person or entity holding a license, registration, endorsement, or permit under this chapter issued by the director.
(8) "Method of disposition" means burial, entombment, cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, natural organic reduction, anatomical donation or removal from state.
(9) "Prearrangement funeral service contract" means any contract under which, for a specified consideration, a funeral establishment promises, upon the death of the person named or implied in the contract, to furnish funeral merchandise or services.
(10) "Public depositary" means a public depositary defined by RCW 39.58.010 or a state or federally chartered credit union.
Notes
Statutory Authority: RCW 18.39.175(4). 90-17-148, § 308-49-130, filed 8/22/90, effective 9/22/90. Statutory Authority: 1982 c 66 § 12. 83-04-021 (Order PL 420 ), § 308-49-130, filed 1/26/83.