2006 New York Code - Definitions.

 
    §  20-730  Definitions.  a.  "Alternative container" means a non-metal
  receptacle or enclosure customarily  not  ornamented  and  designed  for
  holding or transporting human remains.
    b.  "Cash  advances" or "accommodations" means amounts advanced on the
  customer's behalf for various services and merchandise,  including,  but
  not  limited  to:  cemetery  or  crematory  charges,  clergy honorarium,
  flowers, newspaper death notices, pall  bearers,  music,  transportation
  charges,  out-of-town  funeral  director's charges, hairdressers, bridge
  and road tolls, telephone and telegraph charges, gratuities.
    c. "Casket" includes a coffin and means a rigid container designed for
  the encasement of human remains and  customarily  ornamented  and  lined
  with fabric.
    d.  "Customer"  means  any  person,  association  or  other entity who
  purchases or otherwise makes arrangements for the  purchase  of  funeral
  services or merchandise, without intention of resale.
    e. "Defacement" means any deliberate effort to make merchandise appear
  unattractive  to  customers  including,  but  not limited to, displaying
  broken, soiled or defective merchandise.
    f. "Funeral merchandise" means articles and supplies sold  or  offered
  for  sale directly to the public, or used by funeral directors, incident
  to:  (1) the care and preparation of deceased human bodies  for  burial,
  cremation  or  other final disposition; (2) the arrangement, supervision
  or conducting of the funeral ceremony.
    g. "Funeral services" means services performed incident  to:  (1)  the
  care  and preparation of deceased human bodies for burial, cremation, or
  other final disposition; (2) the arrangement, supervision or  conducting
  of  the  funeral  ceremony  and  the  final  disposition of the deceased
  including, but  not  limited  to,  transporting  the  remains,  securing
  necessary  permits,  embalming,  arranging  for death notices, and other
  funeral-related items.
    h. "Funeral service establishment" means the premises used or held out
  as being used to care for and prepare  for  burial  of  the  body  of  a
  deceased  person  or  maintained  as  the  office from which business is
  transacted by a funeral director or undertaker.
    i. "Immediate cremation" means a disposition of  human  remains  which
  includes  the  reduction  of  the remains by a heating process and which
  does not involve formal viewing or a prior  funeral  ceremony  with  the
  body present.
    j.   "Memorial   society"   means  an  unincorporated  association  or
  not-for-profit corporation which assists members in obtaining and making
  arrangements for funerals, cremations or other methods of disposition.
    k.  "Offered  for  sale"  means  making  available  for  purchase   or
  suggesting  availability  of merchandise or services for purchase by use
  of  any  advertising  or  promotional  materials,  including  brochures,
  handbills,  or calendars, or by the displaying of merchandise, or verbal
  or written expressions, direct or indirect, of a willingness to  furnish
  services or merchandise to the public for a retail price.
    l. "Outer interment receptacle" means any container or enclosure which
  is  placed  in  the  grave around the casket to protect the casket or to
  prevent the collapse  of  the  grave  including,  but  not  limited  to,
  receptacles  commonly  known  as  burial  vaults,  grave boxes, or grave
  liners.
    m. "Provider of funeral services" means  any  person,  partnership  or
  corporation,  or  any employee or agent thereof, engaged in the business
  of selling or  offering  for  sale,  directly  to  the  public,  funeral
  services  or funeral merchandise; of preparing deceased human bodies for
  burial, cremation or  other  final  disposition;  or  of  conducting  or
  arranging funerals.