Cemetery and Crematory Operations: Professional Expectations Flashcards
Cemetery and crematory operations professional expectations
- Cremation
* Cemetery
Cremation professional expectations
- History
- Mortuary law
- Authorization to cremate
- Investigating third party crematories
- Mode of disposition
Cremation history professional expectations
- Definition and related terms
- Cremated remains
- Crematory
- Retort
- Inurnment
- Niche, columbarium
Authorization to cremate professional expectations
- Arranging for cremation
- Identification of authorizing agent
- Authority of authorizing agent
- Medical devices
- Authorization to cremate, process and pulverize
- Disposition of personal property
- Instructions of final disposition
- Authority to dispose of unclaimed cremains
- Certification and indemnification
Arranging for cremation professional expectations
- Forms
- Cremation containers
- Urns
- Types of services used with cremation
- Disposition of cremated remains
- Other cremation merchandise
Identification of authorizing agent professional expectations
- Name, address
* Relationship to decedent
Authority of authorizing agent professional expectations
Paramount right to authorize or unable to contact person with right to authorize
Medical devices cremation professional expectations
Pacemakers
Authorization to cremate, process and pulverize professional expectations
Detailed description of process
Disposition of personal property professional expectations
- What will remain on the body
- Disposition of items removed
- Example: Jewelry
Instructions of final disposition cremation professional expectations
- Definitive instructions for ultimate disposition
* Ship by delivery service with internal tracing capabilities and require written receipt
Authority to dispose of unclaimed cremains professional expectations
- Lawfully dispose of unclaimed cremated remains if not claimed within 60-90 days
- State laws
Certification and indemnification professional expectations
- Accuracy of statements
* Indemnify the funeral director from any liability
Investigating third party crematories professional expectations
- Due diligence process
- Crematory records request
- Interview of crematory management
- Crematory inspection
Crematory records request professional expectations
- Annually
- State crematory license or permit
- Policy and procedure manual
