Washington Administrative Code › Title 308 - Licensing, Department of (See also Titles 36, 98 and 196) › Chapter 308-48 - Funeral directors, embalmers, crematories, alkaline hydrolysis facilities, and natural organic reduction facilities › Section 308-48-010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
For the purpose of these rules, the following terms will be
				construed as follows:
(1)
"Arrangements"
means the discussion(s) that take place between the
			 funeral director and person(s) with the right to control disposition, or their
			 designated representative of the deceased, during which the funeral director
			 provides options for the preparation of the body, use of facilities and staff,
			 and selection of merchandise including the associated prices; and after which
			 the funeral director provides a signed written summary of the services and/or
			 merchandise selected to be provided by the funeral establishment.
(2)
"Authorizing agent"
means
			 the person(s) legally entitled to control the disposition of the human
			 remains.
(3)
"Board"
means the funeral and cemetery board.
(4)
"Embalmer"
means a person
			 engaged in the profession or business of disinfecting and preserving human
			 remains for transportation or final disposition.
(5)
"Embalmer intern"
is a
			 person engaged in the study and supervised practical training of embalming
			 under the instruction of a qualified sponsor.
(6)
"Final disposition"
means
			 burial, entombment, inurnment, or scattering.
(7)
"Funeral director"
means a
			 person engaged in the profession or business of providing for the care,
			 shelter, transportation, and arrangements for the disposition of human remains
			 that may include arranging and directing funeral, memorial, or other
			 services.
(8)
"Funeral
			 director intern"
is a person engaged in the study and supervised
			 practical training of funeral directing under the instruction of a qualified
			 sponsor.
(9)
"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.
(10)
"Internship"
means a course
			 of required practical training, for a specified period of time, as a
			 prerequisite for obtaining a license to practice the profession of funeral
			 directing or embalming.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  18.39.175 and
				  chapter
				  34.05 RCW. 09-06-043,
				  § 308-48-010, filed 2/25/09, effective 3/28/09; 07-18-030, §
				  308-48-010, filed 8/28/07, effective 9/28/07; 07-03-027, § 308-48-010,
				  filed 1/5/07, effective 2/5/07. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  18.39.175(4). 02-19-019,
				  § 308-48-010, filed 9/9/02, effective 10/10/02; 86-15-022 (Order PM 604),
				  § 308-48-010, filed 7/11/86. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  18.39.175. 83-04-020 (Order PL 419 ), §
				  308-48-010, filed 1/26/83; Rule 1, filed
				  9/17/64.