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Ohio Rev Code § 4717.051 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4717 | Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Crematories|Section 4717.051 | Applicants for Permit as Crematory Operator; Qualifications.

Effective: October 9, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 263 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) Any person who desires to obtain a permit as a crematory operator shall apply to the board of embalmers and funeral directors on a form prescribed by the board. The applicant shall include with the application the initial permit fee set forth in section 4717.07 of the Revised Code and evidence, verified under oath and satisfactory to the board, that the applicant satisfies both of the following requirements: (1) The applicant is at least eighteen years of age. (2) The applicant has satisfactorily completed a crematory operation certification program approved by the board and has presented to the board a certificate showing completion of the program. (B) If the board of embalmers and funeral directors, upon receiving satisfactory evidence, determines that the applicant satisfies all of the requirements of division (A) of this section, the board shall issue to the applicant a permit as a crematory operator. (C) The board of embalmers and funeral directors may revoke or suspend a crematory operator permit or subject a crematory operator permit holder to discipline in accordance with the laws, rules, and procedures applicable to licensees under this chapter. Last updated October 9, 2021 at 5:45 AM
Ohio Rev Code § 4717.061 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4717 | Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Crematories|Section 4717.061 | License Applicant to Comply With Rc Chapter 4776.

Effective: October 9, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 263 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "license" and "applicant for an initial license" have the same meanings as in section 4776.01 of the Revised Code, except that "license" as used in both of those terms refers to the types of authorizations otherwise issued or conferred under this chapter. (B) In addition to any other eligibility requirement set forth in this chapter, each applicant for an initial license shall comply with sections 4776.01 to 4776.04 of the Revised Code. The board of embalmers and funeral directors shall not grant a license to an applicant for an initial license unless the applicant complies with sections 4776.01 to 4776.04 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 9, 2021 at 5:05 AM
Ohio Rev Code § 4717.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4717 | Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Crematories|Section 4717.08 | Renewals.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) Every license and permit issued under this chapter expires on the last day of December of each even-numbered year and shall be renewed on or before that date according to the standard license renewal procedure set forth in Chapter 4745. of the Revised Code. Licenses and permits not renewed by the last day of December of each even-numbered year are lapsed.(B) A holder of a lapsed license to operate a funeral home, license to operate an embalming facility, or license to operate a crematory facility or a crematory operator permit may reinstate the license or permit with the board by paying the lapsed license fee established under section 4717.07 of the Revised Code.(C) A holder of a lapsed embalmer's or funeral director's license may reinstate the license with the board by paying the lapsed license fee established under section 4717.07 of the Revised Code, except that if the license is lapsed for more than one hundred eighty days after its expiration date, the holder also shall take and pass the Ohio laws examination for each license as a condition for reinstatement.
Ohio Rev Code § 4717.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4717 | Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Crematories|Section 4717.09 | Continuing Education.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) Every two years, licensed embalmers and funeral directors shall attend between twelve and thirty hours of educational programs as a condition for renewal of their licenses. The board of embalmers and funeral directors shall adopt rules governing the administration and enforcement of the continuing education requirements of this section. The board may contract with a professional organization or association or other third party to assist it in performing functions necessary to administer and enforce the continuing education requirements of this section. A professional organization or association or other third party with whom the board so contracts may charge a reasonable fee for performing these functions to licensees or to the persons who provide continuing education programs.(B) A person holding both an embalmer's license and a funeral director's license need meet only the continuing education requirements established by the board for one or the other of those licenses in order to satisfy the requirement of division (A) of this section.(C) A person holding a courtesy card permit issued under section 4717.10 of the Revised Code is not required to satisfy the continuing education requirements specified in division (A) of this section as a condition of renewal of the permit.(D) A crematory operator shall maintain an active certification from a crematory operator certification program as a condition for renewal of the permit.(E) The board shall not renew the license of a licensee who fails to meet the continuing education requirements of this section and who has not been granted an exemption under division (F) or (G) of this section.(F) Any licensee who fails to meet the continuing education requirements of this section because of undue hardship or disability, or who is not actively engaged in the practice of funeral directing or embalming in this state, may apply to the board for an exemption.(G) Any licensee who has been an embalmer or funeral director for not less than fifty years and who is not actively in charge and ultimately responsible for a funeral home or embalming facility in this state may apply to the board for an exemption from the continuing education requirements specified in division (A) of this section.(H) The board shall not renew the crematory operator permit of an individual who fails to satisfy the certification requirement of division (D) of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 4717.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4717 | Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Crematories|Section 4717.12 | Exemptions.

Effective: March 22, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 481 - 129th General Assembly|(A) The following persons are exempt from the provisions of this chapter: (1) An officer or employee of the department of health or any board of health, who, in compliance with rules or orders of the department of health or board of health, is preparing the body of a person whose death was caused by a virulent communicable disease;(2) An officer, employee, or licensed physician of a medical college, when any of these are acting on behalf of a medical college;(3) Any person carrying out sections 1713.34 to 1713.39 of the Revised Code, prescribing the conditions under which the bodies of indigent persons are held subject for anatomical study;(4) Any person licensed in another state as a funeral director or embalmer who is assisting a funeral director or embalmer licensed under this chapter during a disaster or an emergency in the state that has been declared by this state or a political subdivision.(B) This chapter does not prevent or interfere with any of the following:(1) The ceremonies, customs, religious rights, or religion of any people, denomination, or sect;(2) Any religious denomination or sect, or any body composed of members of a denomination;(3) Any church or synagogue committee in preparing dead human bodies for burial;(4) The conducting of funerals and the burial of dead human bodies in accordance with the ceremonies or rights described in division (B) of this section without the use, employment, or supervision of a licensed embalmer or funeral director, except when the body is that of a person whose death was caused by a virulent communicable disease, in which case the rules of the department of health or board of health having territorial jurisdiction shall apply.
Ohio Rev Code § 4717.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4717 | Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Crematories|Section 4717.16 | Effect of Child Support Default on License.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the board of embalmers and funeral directors shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license or permit issued pursuant to this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 4717.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4717 | Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Crematories|Section 4717.17 | Designating Eye or Tissue Bank - Immunity.

Effective: April 7, 2009|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 529 - 127th General Assembly|A funeral director acting in good faith is not liable in damages for injury resulting from acting or attempting to act in accordance with sections 2108.01 to 2108.29 of the Revised Code regarding an anatomical gift.
Ohio Rev Code § 4717.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4717 | Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Crematories|Section 4717.20 | Cremation Definitions.

Effective: August 5, 1998|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 117 - 122nd General Assembly|As used in sections 4717.20 to 4717.30 of the Revised Code:(A) "Alternative container" means a receptacle, other than a casket, in which a dead human body or body parts are transported to a crematory facility and placed in the cremation chamber for cremation, and that meets all of the following requirements:(1) Is composed of readily combustible materials that are suitable for cremation;(2) May be closed in order to provide a complete covering for the dead human body or body parts;(3) Is resistant to leakage or spillage;(4) Is sufficiently rigid to be handled readily;(5) Provides protection for the health and safety of crematory personnel.(B) "Authorizing agent" means the person or persons identified in section 4717.21 or 4717.22 of the Revised Code who are entitled to order the cremation of a decedent or body parts and to order the final disposition of the cremated remains of a decedent or body parts.(C) "Body parts" means limbs or other portions of the anatomy that are removed from a living person for medical purposes during biopsy, treatment, or surgery. "Body parts" also includes dead human bodies that have been donated to science for purposes of medical education or research and any parts of such a dead human body that were removed for those purposes.(D) "Burial or burial-transit permit" means a burial permit or burial-transit permit issued under section 3705.17 of the Revised Code or the laws of another state that are substantially similar to that section.(E) "Casket" means a rigid container that is designed for the encasement of a dead human body and that is constructed of wood, metal, or another rigid material, is ornamented and lined with fabric, and may or may not be combustible.(F) "Temporary container" means a receptacle for cremated remains composed of cardboard, plastic, metal, or another material that can be closed in a manner that prevents the leakage or spillage of the cremated remains and the entrance of foreign material, and that is of sufficient size to hold the cremated remains until they are placed in an urn or scattered.(G) "Urn" means a receptacle designed to encase cremated remains permanently.
Ohio Rev Code § 4717.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4717 | Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Crematories|Section 4717.22 | Authorizing Agents for Cremation.

Effective: October 12, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 426 - 126th General Assembly|(A) The person who has the right of disposition under section 2108.70 or 2108.81 of the Revised Code may serve as an authorizing agent for the cremation of a dead human body, including, without limitation, a dead human body that was donated to science for purposes of medical education or research.(B) If body parts were removed from a living person, the person from whom the body parts were removed or the person who has the right of disposition under section 2108.70 or 2108.81 of the Revised Code may serve as the authorizing agent for the cremation of the body parts.(C) If body parts were removed from a decedent whose body was donated to science for purposes of medical education or research, the person who has the right of disposition under section 2108.70 or 2108.81 of the Revised Code may serve as the authorizing agent for the cremation of the body parts. In the absence of any action by the person with the right of disposition with respect to the cremation of such body parts, the medical education or research facility to which the decedent's body was donated may serve as the authorizing agent for the cremation of such parts.
Ohio Rev Code § 4717.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4717 | Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Crematories|Section 4717.23 | Prohibited Acts by Operator of Facility Prior to Cremation.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) No crematory operator or crematory facility shall cremate or allow the cremation of a dead human body, other than one that was donated to science for purposes of medical education or research, until all of the following have occurred:(1) A period of at least twenty-four hours has elapsed since the decedent's death as indicated on a complete, nonprovisional death certificate filed under section 3705.16 of the Revised Code or under the laws of another state that are substantially equivalent to that section, unless, if the decedent died from a virulent communicable disease, the department of health or board of health having territorial jurisdiction where the death of the decedent occurred requires by rule or order the cremation to occur prior to the end of that period;(2) The crematory facility has received a burial or burial-transit permit that authorizes the cremation of the decedent;(3) The crematory facility has received a completed cremation authorization form executed pursuant to section 4717.21 or 4717.24 of the Revised Code, as applicable, that authorizes the cremation of the decedent. A blank cremation authorization form shall be provided by the crematory facility and shall comply with section 4717.24 of the Revised Code and, if applicable, section 4717.21 of the Revised Code.(4) The crematory facility has received any other documentation required by this state or a political subdivision of this state.(B) No crematory operator or crematory facility shall cremate or allow the cremation of any body parts, including, without limitation, dead human bodies that were donated to science for purposes of medical research or education, at a crematory facility licensed to operate in this state until both of the following have occurred:(1) The crematory facility has received a completed cremation authorization form executed pursuant to section 4717.25 of the Revised Code or, if the decedent has executed an antemortem cremation authorization form in accordance with section 4717.21 of the Revised Code and has donated the decedent's body to science for purposes of medical education or research, such an antemortem cremation authorization form; (2) The crematory facility has received any other documentation required by this state or a political subdivision of this state.
Ohio Rev Code § 4717.271 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4717 | Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Crematories|Section 4717.271 | Crematory Operator Requirements for Fetal Remains.

Effective: April 6, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 27 - 133rd General Assembly|The following applies to a crematory operator that cremates fetal remains for an abortion facility under Chapter 3726. of the Revised Code. (A) A crematory operator shall not do any of the following: (1) Cremate fetal remains without receiving a copy of a properly executed detachable supplemental form described in division (C)(1) of section 3726.14 of the Revised Code; (2) Dispose of the cremated fetal remains by a means other than one of the following: (a) Placing them in a grave, crypt, or niche; (b) Scattering them in any dignified manner, including in a memorial garden, at sea, by air, or at a scattering ground described in section 1721.21 of the Revised Code; (c) Any other lawful manner. (3) Arrange for the disposal of the cremated fetal remains by a means other than one described in division (A)(2) of this section; (4) Arrange for the transfer of the cremated fetal remains for disposal by a means other than one described in division (A)(2) of this section. (B) A crematory operator is not required to secure a death certificate, a burial or burial-transit permit, or a cremation authorization form to cremate fetal remains.
Ohio Rev Code § 4717.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4717 | Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Crematories|Section 4717.29 | Medical Device or Implant Present in Decedent's Body.

Effective: August 5, 1998|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 117 - 122nd General Assembly|(A) A person executing a cremation authorization form as the authorizing agent under section 4717.24 of the Revised Code shall use diligent efforts to determine whether a pacemaker, cardiac defibrillator, or any other mechanical or radioactive device or implant is present in the decedent's body that poses a hazard to the health or safety of the personnel of the crematory or to the cremation chamber during the cremation process and shall indicate the presence of the device or implant on the cremation authorization form. If the decedent is to be delivered to the crematory facility by a funeral director, the person executing the authorization form shall inform the funeral director of the presence of the device or implant.(B) If a funeral director delivers the decedent to a crematory facility, the funeral director shall take reasonable precautions to ensure necessary actions are taken to remove a device or implant from the decedent, or to render the device or implant nonhazardous prior to delivering the decedent to the crematory facility.
Ohio Rev Code § 4717.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4717 | Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Crematories|Section 4717.33 | Notice by Trustee or Insurer to Purchaser of Contract.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) If a preneed funeral contract is funded by any means other than an insurance policy or policies, or an annuity or annuities, the trustee of the trust created pursuant to section 4717.36 of the Revised Code shall notify the purchaser of the preneed funeral contract in writing, within fifteen days after the trustee receives any payment to be deposited into the trust, that the trustee has received payment. The notice shall include all of the following information:(1) The amount the trustee received;(2) The name and address of the institution described in division (D) of section 4717.36 of the Revised Code where the trust is being held;(3) The name of the beneficiary of that trust.(B) If a preneed funeral contract is funded by the purchase or assignment of one or more insurance policies or annuities, the insurance company shall notify the purchaser of the preneed funeral contract in writing within sixty days after the insurance company receives an initial premium payment applicable to that preneed funeral contract. The notice shall include all of the following information that is pertinent to that preneed funeral contract:(1) The amount the insurance company received;(2) The name and address of the insurance company;(3) The name of the insured;(4) The amount of the death benefit;(5) The policy or contract number of the insurance policy, annuity, or contract.(C) For purposes of division (B) of this section, delivery of an insurance policy, certificate, annuity, or contract to the purchaser shall satisfy the notice requirement specified in that division.
Ohio Rev Code § 4717.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 47 | Occupations-Professions|Chapter 4717 | Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Crematories|Section 4717.34 | Right of Purchaser to Rescind Contract.

Effective: July 6, 2009|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 196 - 127th General Assembly|(A) Any purchaser, on initially entering into a preneed funeral contract may, within seven days after entering into that contract, rescind the contract and request and receive from the seller of the contract one hundred per cent of all payments made under the contract. Each preneed funeral contract shall contain the following notice in boldface print and in substantially the following form: "NOTICE: Under Ohio law, you, as the purchaser of this contract, may rescind it and receive a refund of all payments you made under the contract. To rescind the contract, you must notify the seller within seven days of signing the contract."(B) No preneed funeral contract shall contain a provision that restricts the purchaser from making the contract irrevocable. On the purchase by an individual of an irrevocable preneed funeral contract, the funeral director who sold the contract assumes the legal obligation to provide for the funeral of the individual pursuant to the terms of the contract. No money deposited in a trust fund for an irrevocable preneed funeral contract shall be withdrawn to purchase an insurance policy or annuity, except that a trustee may use money in the trust fund to purchase a life insurance policy or annuity as an investment for the trust fund.