As used in this chapter:
(1) “Board” means the State Mortuary and Cemetery Board.
(2) “Cemetery” means any one, or a combination of more than one, of the following, in a place used, or intended to be used, and dedicated, for cemetery purposes:
(a) A burial park, for earth interments;
(b) A mausoleum, for crypt interments; or
(c) A columbarium, for permanent cinerary interments.
(3) “Exempt operating cemetery” means an operating cemetery that has 10 or fewer interments annually.
(4) “Holding room” means a room that is located in a licensed facility for the care, storage or holding of dead human bodies prior to effecting disposition.
(5) “Immediate disposition” means a direct method of disposition of dead human remains by way of immediate burial or immediate cremation.
(6) “Immediate disposition company” means any business licensed under this chapter, other than a licensed funeral establishment, where a licensed funeral service practitioner operates the business of immediate disposition and where business records are kept.
(7) “Operating cemetery” means a cemetery that:
(a) Performs interments;
(b) Has fiduciary responsibility for endowment care, general care or special care funds; or
(c) Has outstanding preneed service contracts for unperformed services.
(8) “Rental cover” means a partial enclosure that appears similar to a casket that is utilized for viewing purposes and surrounds the burial or cremation container. [Amended by 1957 c.596 §1; 1983 c.810 §3; 1985 c.207 §7; 1987 c.252 §10; 1989 c.177 §1; 1997 c.638 §2; 2001 c.224 §1; 2007 c.436 §1]
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