The funeral service practitioner or other person having
charge of the preparation of the human remains for burial or the last rites and
committal services shall have the right to be present,
either in person or by his employees, at any stage of the cremation or chemical
disposition of the human remains. Unauthorized persons may not be permitted in
the retort area while any human remains are awaiting cremation or chemical
disposition, in the process of cremation or chemical disposition, or being
removed from the cremation or dissolution chamber.
(a) No crematorium or chemical disposition
facility shall accept human remains for cremation or chemical disposition until
it has received a burial-transit permit required by law and an authorization
for cremation or chemical disposition signed by the nearest legal next of
kin.
(b) Upon completing the
cremation or chemical disposition process, all residual of the cremation or
chemical disposition process shall be removed from the cremation or dissolution
chamber and the chamber swept clean. The residual remains shall be placed in a
container or tray in such a way that will ensure against commingling with other
cremated or chemically processed remains. The identifier shall be attached to
the container or tray to await final processing. All residual of the cremation
or chemical disposition process shall undergo final processing.
(c) Should the cremated or chemically
processed remains not adequately fill the container's interior dimensions, the
extra space may be filled with packing material that will not become
intermingled with the cremated or chemically processed remains and then
securely closed.
(d) The outside of
the container used to return the cremated or chemically processed remains shall
be clearly identified with the name of the deceased person whose cremated or
chemically processed remains are contained therein.
(e) If the cremated or chemically processed
remains are to be shipped, the temporary container or designated receptacle
ordered by the authorizing agent must be packed securely in a suitable, sturdy,
pressure resistant, and properly sealed container.
(f) Cremated or chemically processed remains
may be shipped only by a method that has an internal tracing system available
and that provides a receipt signed by the person accepting the
delivery.
