Definition of Terms

Question 1

Refers to the examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or character and extent of changes produced by disease

Answer 1

Autopsy

Question 2

The interment of remains in a grave, niche, tomb and a columbarium, the sea for the cremains or ashes and other approved final disposal places

Answer 2

Burial

Question 3

A place duly authorized by law for permanent disposal of the dead such as cemetery, memorial park, catacomb, ossuary and columbarium

Answer 3

Burial ground

Question 4

Refers to the body of a deceased person (remains used for anatomical studies)

Answer 4

Cadaver

Question 5

Refers to an underground place of burial consisting of galleries or passages with slide recesses for tombs

Answer 5

Catacomb

Question 6

Refers to ashes resulting from the cremation of a dead body

Answer 6

Cinerary remains or cremains

Question 7

Termination of activities in the cemetery concerned

Answer 7

Closure of Burial Ground

Question 8

A structure of vaults lined with recesses for cinerary urns; a vault with niches for urns containing ashes of the dead

Answer 8

Columbarium

Question 9

Refers to the DOH- Committee of Examiners for Undertakers and Embalmers

Answer 9

Committee

Question 10

Refers to a process of reducing human remains to bone fragments of fine sand (particles) or ashes through combustion and dehydration

Answer 10

Cremation

Question 11

Refers to a disease with high level of infectiousness that spread rapidly and extensively or which is serious or life-threatening

Answer 11

Dangerous Communicable Disease

Question 12

Refers to the the permanent disappearance of all evidence of life at any time after live birth has taken place (post natal cessation of vital functions without the capability of resuscitation)

Answer 12

Death

Question 13

An official document setting forth particulars relating to a dead person, including the name of the individual, the date of birth and the date of death

Answer 13

Certificate of Death

Question 14

The removal of exhumation of remains from places of interment

Answer 14

Disinterment

Question 15

PD856 Chapter XXI

Answer 15

Disposal of Dead Persons

Question 16

Refers to the proper care and management of human remains during handling, preparation, preservation, transport, and final disposal or use

Answer 16

Disposal of Dead Persons

Question 17

A duly licensed person by the DOH authorized to practice embalming

Answer 17

Embalmer

Question 18

The art and science of preparing, disinfecting, preserving and restoring the remains to forestall decomposition and to make them suitable for public display at a funeral before final disposal

Answer 18

Embalming

Question 19

A duly authorized place by law where dead bodies are embalmed and prepared for final disposition

Answer 19

Embalming Facility/ Establishment

Question 20

An exceptionally difficult situation with one or more of the following conditions:
1. absence of a doctor
2. far-flung area (retrieval of the remain is not possible within 7 hrs of death)
3. non-working day
4. mass casualty incident and mass deaths
5. mass burial
6. absence of relatives
7. war
8. force majeure

Answer 20

Extreme cases

Question 21

Death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy; the death is indicated by the fact that after such separation the fetus does not breath nor show any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles

Answer 21

Fetal Death

Question 22

Is there a separate death certificate for fetus? Yes or no?

Answer 22

Yes

Question 23

A place authorized by law used in the preparation and care of the body of a deceased person for viewing, burial or cremation

Answer 23

Funeral Establishment

Question 24

The provision of coffin/casket/urn, viewing area and preparing remains for shipment/transport, burial/interment, or cremation

Answer 24

Funeral Service

Question 25

An **excavation made in the ground** in which to **bury** the remains

Answer 25

**Grave**

Question 26

A **certification from the Director IV of the DOH *Center for Health Development* (CHD)** which **allows the applicant** for the establishment of a burial ground or funeral service to **commence the development in the proposed location according to the approved plans**

Answer 26

**Initial Permit**

Question 27

An official written **certification issued by the city or municipal health officer to a person employed** in a funeral and burial ground establishment, and other related services after **passing the required physical and medical examinations**

Answer 27

**Health Certificate**

Question 28

The act of **burying** a dead person

Answer 28

**Interment**

Question 29

The act of **placing cremated remains in an urn**

Answer 29

**Inurnment**

Question 30

**The local political subdivision** which refers to the province, city, municipality, or barangay

Answer 30

**Local Government Unit**

Question 31

An **official** or employee **responsible for the application of prescribed health measure** in a local political subdivision.

Answer 31

**Local Health Authority**

Question 32

Refers to the provincial, city, municipal health officer

Answer 32

**Local Health Officer**

Question 33

**An event when several persons die** due to natural calamities, accidents, epidemics, etc.

Answer 33

**Mass Death**

Question 34

**A physician** who **specializes in the application of medical knowledge** to the purposes of law and in the **administration of justice**

Answer 34

**Medico-Legal Officer**

Question 35

A **place where a remains are kept temporarily** pending identification or release for embalming, cremation, burial, or autopsy

Answer 35

**Morgue**

Question 36

**Interment space above the ground** for remains

Answer 36

**Niche or Tomb**

Question 37

A designated **place for a repository of bones** of the remains

Answer 37

**Ossuary**

Question 38

A **certification from Director IV of the DOH CHD** that the burial ground or funeral **establishment has completed according to the approved plan**

Answer 38

**Operational Permit**

Question 39

An **authorized burial ground** established for the **exclusive use of a family or individual**

Answer 39

**Private Burial Ground**

Question 40

An **authorized burial ground** owned or managed by the government or private individual or corporation that is established for the **common use of the public**

Answer 40

**Public Burial Ground**

Question 41

The body or parts of the **body of a dead person** including the cremated remains

Answer 41

**Remains**

Question 42

**The termination of burial activities** in the cemetery and **subsequent exhumation of all remains**

Answer 42

**Removal of Burial Ground**

Question 43

The **permission or certification** in the writing of the **city or municipal health officer,** or in his absence the **chief or head of the sanitation division/section/unit** that upon inspection and evaluation of the **establishment has at least satisfactorily complied with the sanitation requirements** in accordance with **PD No. 856 and local ordinances**

Answer 43

**Sanitary Permit**

Question 44

Refers to **the Code**

Answer 44

**The Code on Sanitation of the Philippines, PD 856**

Question 45

A **duly certified person by DOH** who practices **undertaking**

Answer 45

**Undertaker**