Ch9 disposition methods: entombment, natural, at sea

Question 1

The act of placing or burying a human body in the ground

Answer 1

Interment

Question 2

Area of ground set aside for for the final disposition of human remains
1. Owned by the government
2. Owned by corporations, non-profits, partnerships, sole owners, religious orders

Answer 2

Cemetery
1. Publicly owned
2. Privately owned

Question 3

What makes a veteran eligible for burial in a national cemeteries

Answer 3

Members who died while on active duty or members who served on active duty and were ‘discharged under other than dishonorable conditions’
-Spouse and dependent family members may also be eligible

Question 4

What are the five military discharge classifications?

Answer 4

1. Honorable discharge
2. General discharge under honorable conditions
3. Other than honorable discharge
4. Bad conduct discharge
5. Dishonorable discharge

Question 5

What document is required to provide to military authorities for burial in a national cemetery?

Answer 5

DD-214

Question 6

Human remains and animal remains are not allowed to be buried in the same area in a cemetery with the exception of which states?

Answer 6

Pennsylvania, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Florida, and Oregon

Question 7

Cemeteries are not a nuisance ___ but may be regulated by ___

Answer 7

Not a nuisance per say but may be regulated by zoning ordinances

Question 8

The inherent power of a government to take private property for public use. Only just compensation is required

Answer 8

Eminent domain

Question 9

A person who buys a burial/ funeral plot is not buying the piece of land but instead are what?

Answer 9

They are leasing or have the “interment right” to use the land for human burial

Question 10

The removal of human remains from a pervious location of final disposition

Answer 10

Disinterment or exhumation

Question 11

What are some reasons for disinterment?

Answer 11

1. A desire to move human remains to a different section in a cemetery or to a different cemetery entirely
2. A desire to consolidate several burial plots located in different locations or cemeteries into one large family plot in one specific cemetery
3. To recover improperly buried valuables or items of personal significance

Question 12

What are the general requirements for a disinterment?

Answer 12

1. Person with right of disposition
   -May be set by state statutes
   -May be different than person with original RoD (if spouse remarried, moved away, estranged, … , it goes to next of kin
2. If the remains are going to be exposed, it requires a court order

Question 13

The placing of human remains in a crypt in a mausoleum and provides for safeguarding of human remains above ground in a building or structure designed specifically for this purpose

Answer 13

Entombment

Question 14

What is generally required for an entombment?

Answer 14

-Embalming
-No wooden caskets

Question 15

The disposition of human remains without the use of toxic chemicals or materials that are not readily biodegradable

Answer 15

Green burial

Question 16

Place of interment that bans the use of metal caskets, toxic embalming, and concrete vaults

Answer 16

Green cemetery

Question 17

What are the EPA requirements for burial at sea?

Answer 17

1. Must be at least three nautical miles from land
2. Must be in water thats at least 600ft deep
3. Must notify EPA within 30 days of burial

Question 18

What are the additional requirements for veterans

Answer 18

1. Service must be performed by the Navy
2. The family is not permitted to be on the naval ship and have to have another form of transportation
3. Same requirements for national cemeteries