2005 Idaho Code - 54-1102 — DEFINITIONS

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 11
                        MORTICIANS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS
                                AND EMBALMERS
    54-1102.  DEFINITIONS. As used in this act:
    (1)  "Board" means the state board of morticians of the state of Idaho or
any successor thereof.
    (2)  "Bureau chief" means the chief of the bureau of occupational
licenses.
    (3)  "Burial" means the interment or entombment of dead human bodies in
any manner.
    (4)  "Cremains" means human remains after cremation.
    (5)  "Cremation" means the reduction of the body of a deceased person to
cremated remains in a crematory.
    (6)  "Crematory" means a building or structure containing one (1) or more
retorts for the reduction of bodies of deceased persons to cremated remains.
    (7)  "Columbarium" means a structure, room or other space in a building or
structure containing niches for permanent inurnment of cremains.
    (8)  "Department" means the department of self-governing agencies of the
state of Idaho.
    (9)  "Embalming" means the disinfecting, preparing or preserving for final
disposition of dead human bodies, in whole or in part, or any attempt to do
so, by the use or application of chemical substances, fluids or gases on the
body, or by the introduction of the same into the body by vascular or
hypodermic injection or by direct introduction into organs or cavities, or by
any other method or process.
    (10) "Establishment" means any funeral establishment or crematory
establishment regulated by the board of morticians.
    (11) "Funeral director" means any person engaged in or conducting, or
holding himself out as engaged in or conducting, any of the following
activities:
    (a)  Directing or supervising the burial, cremation or disposal of dead
    human bodies.
    (b)  Arranging for funeral services for dead human bodies.
    (c)  Selling funeral goods and services to the public.
    (d)  Conducting, directing or supervising a funeral service.
    (12) "Funeral director license" means a yearly license issued by the board
to act as a funeral director and perform funeral director services as defined
in this chapter.
    (13) "Funeral director services" means the services of a funeral director
defined in subsection (11) of this section. Funeral director services do not
include embalming.
    (14) "Funeral establishment" means a place of business at a specific
street address or location devoted to the embalming and care and preparation
for burial or disposal of dead human bodies including all portions of such
business premises and all tools, instruments and supplies used in the
preparation and embalming of dead human bodies for burial or disposal, and
including any chapel or other facility in which funeral or other religious
services may be conducted.
    (15) "Funeral establishment license" means a yearly license issued by the
board authorizing the licensee to conduct a funeral establishment as defined
in this chapter.
    (16) "Funeral services" means any funeral or religious service conducted
in connection with, or preparatory to, the burial or disposal of a dead human
body.
    (17) "Funeral supplies" means caskets, vaults, burial receptacles and any
other personal property sold for use in the burial or disposal of a human
body.
    (18) "Human remains" means the body of a deceased person in any condition
or state of decomposition including cremated remains.
    (19) "Mortician" means any person engaged in or conducting, or holding
himself out as engaged in or conducting, any of the following activities:
    (a)  Caring for or preparing dead human bodies for burial, cremation or
    disposal.
    (b)  Disinfecting or preparing dead human bodies by embalming, or
    otherwise, for funeral service, transportation, burial, cremation or
    disposal.
    (c)  Directing or supervising the burial, cremation or disposal of dead
    human bodies.
    (d)  Arranging for funeral services for dead human bodies.
    (e)  Selling funeral goods and services to the public.
    (f)  Conducting, directing or supervising a funeral service.
    (20) "Mortician license" means a yearly license issued by the board to act
as a mortician and perform mortician services as defined in this chapter.
    (21) "Mortician services" means the services of a mortician defined in
subsection (19) of this section.
    (22) "Resident trainee" means a person who is engaged in preparing to
become licensed as a mortician or funeral director, and who practices under
the direct and immediate personal supervision of a licensed mortician pursuant
to rules adopted by the board.
    (23) "Resident trainee license" means a yearly license issued by the board
to act as a licensed resident trainee and perform services under the direct
personal supervision of a licensed mortician as defined in this chapter.