2005 Idaho Code - 54-1143 — RIGHT TO RELY

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 11
                        MORTICIANS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS
                                AND EMBALMERS
    54-1143.  RIGHT TO RELY. (1) Any person signing a funeral service
agreement or cremation authorization form or any other authorization for
disposition, whether part of a prearranged funeral plan or at time of death,
shall be deemed to warrant the truthfulness of any facts set forth therein,
including the identity of the deceased whose remains are sought to be buried
or cremated and the signer's authority to order such disposition.
    (2)  A funeral establishment, cemetery or crematory establishment shall
have the right to rely on such authorization and shall have authority to
dispose of human remains upon the receipt of an authorization form signed by
the decedent or by the person having the right to control disposition as set
forth in section 54-1142, Idaho Code. There shall be no liability of a funeral
establishment, cemetery or crematory establishment that disposes of human
remains pursuant to such authorization, or that releases or disposes of the
remains pursuant to such authorization.