156.1 - DEFINITIONS.
156.1 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Board" means the board of mortuary science.
2. "Cremation" means the technical process, using heat and
flame, that reduces human remains to bone fragments. The reduction
takes place through heat and evaporation. Cremation shall include
the processing, and may include the pulverization, of the bone
fragments.
3. "Cremation establishment" means a place of business as
defined by the board which provides any aspect of cremation services.
4. "Funeral director" means a person licensed by the board to
practice mortuary science.
5. "Funeral establishment" means a place of business as
defined by the board devoted to providing any aspect of mortuary
science.
6. "Intern" means a person registered by the board to
practice mortuary science under the direct supervision of a preceptor
certified by the board.
7. "Mortuary science" means the engaging in any of the
following:
a. Preparing, for burial or disposal, or directing and
supervising burial or disposal of dead human bodies except
supervising cremations.
b. Making funeral arrangements or furnishing any funeral
services in connection with disposition of dead human bodies or sale
of any casket, vault, urn, or other burial receptacle.
c. Using the words "funeral director", "mortician",
or any other title implying that the person is engaged as a funeral
director as defined in this section.
d. Embalming dead human bodies, entire or in part, by the use
of chemical substances, fluids, or gases in the body, or by the
introduction of the same into the body by vascular injections,
hypodermic injections, or by surface application into the organs or
cavities for the purpose of preservation or disinfection. Section History: Early Form
[S13, § 2575-a36; C24, 27, § 2584; C31, 35, § 2585-c1; C39, §
2585.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §
156.1] Section History: Recent Form
96 Acts, ch 1148, § 3; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §156; 2007 Acts, ch 159,
§5, 6
Referred to in § 156.2, 523A.302, 523A.601 Footnotes
Former unnumbered paragraph 2 editorially transferred to §156.1A
in Code Supplement 2007