Washington Administrative Code › Title 308 - Licensing, Department of (See also Titles 36, 98 and 196) › Chapter 308-47 - Cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, and natural organic reduction › Section 308-47-010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
"Alkaline
			 hydrolysis"
or
"hydrolysis"
means the reduction of human
			 remains to bone fragments and essential elements in a licensed hydrolysis
			 facility using heat, pressure, water and base chemical agents.
(2)
"Authorizing agent"
means
			 the person(s) legally entitled to control the disposition of the human
			 remains.
(3)
"Body
			 parts"
means limbs and other portions of human anatomy that have been
			 removed from a person or human remains for medical purposes during treatment,
			 surgery, biopsy, autopsy, or medical research.
(4)
"Cadaver"
means human
			 remains or any part thereof, which have been donated to science for medical
			 research purposes.
(5)
"Commingling"
means the mixing of human remains following
			 cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, or natural organic reduction of more than one
			 deceased person.
(6)
"Cremation"
means the reduction of human remains to bone fragments
			 in a crematory by means of incineration.
(7)
"Cremation container"
means
			 a rigid, combustible container which encloses human remains for
			 cremation.
(8)
"Crematory"
means a building or area of a building that houses one
			 or more cremation chambers, to be used for the cremation of human
			 remains.
(9)
"Crematory
			 authority, alkaline hydrolysis authority, or natural organic reduction
			 authority"
means the legal entity and their authorized representatives,
			 licensed to reduce human remains through cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, or
			 natural organic reduction.
(10)
"Effluent"
means the liquid end-product following alkaline
			 hydrolysis.
(11)
"Funeral
			 establishment"
means a place of business licensed in accordance with
			 RCW
			 18.39.145, that provides for any aspect of
			 the care, shelter, transportation, embalming, preparation, and arrangements for
			 the disposition of human remains and includes all areas of such entity and all
			 equipment, instruments, and supplies used in the care, shelter, transportation,
			 preparation, and embalming of human remains.
(12)
"Holding facility"
means an
			 area designated for the care, storage, and holding of human remains prior to
			 disposition.
(13)
"Human
			 remains"
means the body of a deceased person, including remains
			 following the process of cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, or natural organic
			 reduction.
(14)
"Hydrolysis
			 facility"
means a structure, room, or other space in a building or
			 structure containing one or more hydrolysis vessels, to be used for alkaline
			 hydrolysis.
(15)
"Natural
			 organic reduction"
means the contained, accelerated conversion of human
			 remains to soil.
(16)
"Natural organic reduction facility"
means a structure, room, or
			 other space in a building or real property where natural organic reduction of a
			 human body occurs.
(17)
"Processing"
is the removal of foreign objects from human remains
			 following cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, or natural organic reduction and may
			 include pulverization.
(18)
"Pulverization"
is the reduction of identifiable bone fragments to
			 unidentifiable dimensions by manual or mechanical means during or following
			 cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, or natural organic reduction.
(19)
"Reduced human remains"
means human remains after the reduction process.
(20)
"Reduction"
means an
			 accelerated conversion of human remains into bone fragments, essential
			 elements, or soil by cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, or natural organic
			 reduction.
(21)
"Reduction
			 chamber"
means the enclosed space in a crematory, alkaline hydrolysis
			 vessel, or natural organic reduction facility in which the reduction process
			 takes place.
(22)
"Reduction
			 facility"
means a crematory, or hydrolysis facility, or natural organic
			 reduction facility that is solely devoted to the reduction of human
			 remains.
(23)
"Reduction
			 facility operator"
means the person(s) registered with the board who
			 operates a crematory, alkaline hydrolysis equipment, or natural organic
			 reduction facility.
(24)
"Residue"
means the products that may unavoidably remain in the
			 reduction chamber after manual cleaning techniques are performed.
(25)
"Shroud"
means a leak
			 resistant covering for human remains prior to alkaline hydrolysis, or natural
			 organic reduction to ensure privacy and respectful handling of human
			 remains.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  18.39.175 and
				  chapter
				  34.05 RCW. 07-03-027,
				  § 308-47-010, filed 1/5/07, effective 2/5/07. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  18.39.175(4). 02-19-019,
				  § 308-47-010, filed 9/9/02, effective
				  10/10/02.