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...76.04 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.

...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) ...

...23.43 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.

...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.

...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 ord...

...(A) Any person, on an antemortem basis, may serve as the person's own authorizing agent, authorize the person's own cremation, and specify the arrangements for the final disposition of the person's own cremated remains by executing an antemortem cremation authorization form. A guardian, custodian, or other personal representative who is authorized by law or contract to do so on behalf of a person, on an antemortem ba...

...(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 ...

...(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 Re...

...(A) A cremation authorization form authorizing the cremation of a dead human body, other than one that was donated to science for purposes of medical education or research, shall include at least all of the following information and statements: (1) A statement that the decedent has been identified in accordance with division (B) of this section; (2) The name of the funeral director or other individual who obtaine...

...(A) A cremation authorization form authorizing the cremation of any body parts, including, without limitation, dead human bodies that were donated to science for purposes of medical education or research shall include at least all of the following information and statements, as applicable: (1) The identity of the decedent whose body was donated to science for purposes of medical education or research or the identity...

...(A) The authorizing agent who executed the cremation authorization form authorizing the cremation of a decedent under section 4717.24 of the Revised Code or the cremation of body parts under section 4717.25 of the Revised Code is ultimately responsible for the final disposition of the cremated remains of the decedent or body parts. (B) If the cremation authorization form does not contain instructions for the final d...

...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 ...

...e subject to inspection by the board of embalmers and funeral directors or an authorized representative of the board, upon reasonable notice, at any reasonable time. (E) The documents listed in divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section shall be retained for the shorter of the time that the crematory facility remains engaged in the business of cremating dead human bodies or body parts or ten years following the date ...

...(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 cremati...

...(A) A crematory operator, crematory facility, funeral director, or funeral home is not liable in damages in a civil action for any of the following actions or omissions, unless the actions or omissions were made with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner or unless any of the conditions set forth in divisions (B)(1) to (3) of this section apply: (1)(a) For having arranged or performed th...

...f the Revised Code. (H) The board of embalmers and funeral directors shall administer and enforce the provisions of sections 4717.31 to 4717.38 of the Revised Code concerning the requirements for and sale of preneed funeral contracts. The superintendent of insurance shall enforce sections 4717.31, 4717.33, 4717.34, 4717.35, and 4717.37 of the Revised Code to the extent those sections apply to insuranc...

...(A) The holder of funds for a preneed funeral contract shall, in the calendar year in which the beneficiary of that contract reaches one hundred five years of age, contact the seller or successor seller to inform the seller or successor seller of the beneficiary's one hundred fifth birthday in that calendar year. (B) The holder and the seller or successor seller shall agree to one of the following: (1) That the h...

...(A) Any preneed funeral contract that involves the payment of money or the purchase or assignment of an insurance policy or annuity shall be in writing and shall include all of the following information: (1) The name, address, and phone number of the seller and the name and address of the purchaser of the contract, and, if the contract beneficiary is someone other than the purchaser of the contract, the name and add...

...(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 notic...

...(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: "NOT...

...If a preneed funeral contract contains a provision stating that the preneed funeral contract will be funded by the purchase of an insurance policy, the insurance agent who sold the policy that will fund that preneed funeral contract shall require that any payment made by the purchaser be made in the form of a check, cashier's check, money order, or debit or credit card, payable only to the insurance company. The insu...

...(A) This section applies only to preneed funeral contracts that are funded by any means other than an insurance policy or policies, or an annuity or annuities. No money in a preneed funeral contract trust shall be distributed from the trust except as provided in this section. (B) A seller of a preneed funeral contract that stipulates a fixed or firm or guaranteed price for funeral services and funeral goods to be...

...For purposes of sections 4717.31 to 4717.38 of the Revised Code, a seller is considered to have delivered funeral goods pursuant to a preneed funeral contract when the seller makes actual delivery of the goods to the contract beneficiary.

...Sections 4717.31 to 4717.38 of the Revised Code shall be construed as a limitation on the manner in which a person is permitted to accept funds in prepayment for funeral services to be performed in the future, or funeral goods to be used in connection with the funeral or final disposition of human remains, to the end that at all times members of the public may have an opportunity to arrange and pay ...

...The board of embalmers and funeral directors shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.