Definition of Terms Flashcards
Refers to the examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or character and extent of changes produced by disease
Autopsy
The interment of remains in a grave, niche, tomb and a columbarium, the sea for the cremains or ashes and other approved final disposal places
Burial
A place duly authorized by law for permanent disposal of the dead such as cemetery, memorial park, catacomb, ossuary and columbarium
Burial ground
Refers to the body of a deceased person (remains used for anatomical studies)
Cadaver
Refers to an underground place of burial consisting of galleries or passages with slide recesses for tombs
Catacomb
Refers to ashes resulting from the cremation of a dead body
Cinerary remains or cremains
Termination of activities in the cemetery concerned
Closure of Burial Ground
A structure of vaults lined with recesses for cinerary urns; a vault with niches for urns containing ashes of the dead
Columbarium
Refers to the DOH- Committee of Examiners for Undertakers and Embalmers
Committee
Refers to a process of reducing human remains to bone fragments of fine sand (particles) or ashes through combustion and dehydration
Cremation
Refers to a disease with high level of infectiousness that spread rapidly and extensively or which is serious or life-threatening
Dangerous Communicable Disease
Refers to the the permanent disappearance of all evidence of life at any time after live birth has taken place (post natal cessation of vital functions without the capability of resuscitation)
Death
An official document setting forth particulars relating to a dead person, including the name of the individual, the date of birth and the date of death
Certificate of Death
The removal of exhumation of remains from places of interment
Disinterment
PD856 Chapter XXI
Disposal of Dead Persons
Refers to the proper care and management of human remains during handling, preparation, preservation, transport, and final disposal or use
Disposal of Dead Persons
A duly licensed person by the DOH authorized to practice embalming
Embalmer
The art and science of preparing, disinfecting, preserving and restoring the remains to forestall decomposition and to make them suitable for public display at a funeral before final disposal
Embalming
A duly authorized place by law where dead bodies are embalmed and prepared for final disposition
Embalming Facility/ Establishment
An exceptionally difficult situation with one or more of the following conditions:
1. absence of a doctor
2. far-flung area (retrieval of the remain is not possible within 7 hrs of death)
3. non-working day
4. mass casualty incident and mass deaths
5. mass burial
6. absence of relatives
7. war
8. force majeure
Extreme cases
Death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy; the death is indicated by the fact that after such separation the fetus does not breath nor show any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles
Fetal Death
Is there a separate death certificate for fetus? Yes or no?
Yes
A place authorized by law used in the preparation and care of the body of a deceased person for viewing, burial or cremation
Funeral Establishment
The provision of coffin/casket/urn, viewing area and preparing remains for shipment/transport, burial/interment, or cremation
Funeral Service
An excavation made in the ground in which to bury the remains
Grave
A certification from the Director IV of the DOH Center for Health Development (CHD) which allows the applicant for the establishment of a burial ground or funeral service to commence the development in the proposed location according to the approved plans
Initial Permit
An official written certification issued by the city or municipal health officer to a person employed in a funeral and burial ground establishment, and other related services after passing the required physical and medical examinations
Health Certificate
The act of burying a dead person
Interment
The act of placing cremated remains in an urn
Inurnment
The local political subdivision which refers to the province, city, municipality, or barangay
Local Government Unit
An official or employee responsible for the application of prescribed health measure in a local political subdivision.
Local Health Authority
Refers to the provincial, city, municipal health officer
Local Health Officer
An event when several persons die due to natural calamities, accidents, epidemics, etc.
Mass Death
A physician who specializes in the application of medical knowledge to the purposes of law and in the administration of justice
Medico-Legal Officer
A place where a remains are kept temporarily pending identification or release for embalming, cremation, burial, or autopsy
Morgue
Interment space above the ground for remains
Niche or Tomb
A designated place for a repository of bones of the remains
Ossuary
A certification from Director IV of the DOH CHD that the burial ground or funeral establishment has completed according to the approved plan
Operational Permit
An authorized burial ground established for the exclusive use of a family or individual
Private Burial Ground
An authorized burial ground owned or managed by the government or private individual or corporation that is established for the common use of the public
Public Burial Ground
The body or parts of the body of a dead person including the cremated remains
Remains
The termination of burial activities in the cemetery and subsequent exhumation of all remains
Removal of Burial Ground
The permission or certification in the writing of the city or municipal health officer, or in his absence the chief or head of the sanitation division/section/unit that upon inspection and evaluation of the establishment has at least satisfactorily complied with the sanitation requirements in accordance with PD No. 856 and local ordinances
Sanitary Permit
Refers to the Code
The Code on Sanitation of the Philippines, PD 856
A duly certified person by DOH who practices undertaking
Undertaker
