2006 Code of Virginia § 54.1-2814.1 - Registration as a cremator

54.1-2814.1. Registration as a cremator.

A. No crematorium, cemeterian, memorial society, or other establishment,organization, or person shall cremate a dead human body without havingregistered with the Board as a cremator.

B. The Board shall prescribe the procedures for registration under thissection. Such procedures shall include a requirement that any crematoryregistered with the Board that engages in the practice of funeral servicesoperate in compliance with the provisions 54.1-2810. However, nothing inthis subsection shall require a crematory registered with the Board to obtaina license as a funeral service establishment as long as the crematoryprovides cremation services directly to or for a licensed funeral serviceestablishment only and not to the general public.

C. The Board may suspend or revoke any crematory registration or deny anyapplication for such registration, or refuse to issue or renew any suchregistration, if the Board finds that the applicant or registrant hasviolated any provision of this chapter, the Board's regulations, or if theBoard finds the crematory has operated or is operating in a manner thatendangers the health, safety or welfare of the public.

(2000, c. 773; 2003, c. 505.)