Disposition of the Dead Body

Question 1

What are the 3 conditions of a dead body

Answer 1

Must be the body of a human being
Without Life
Not entirely disintegrated

Question 2

After this, a corpse ceases to be a dead body in the eyes of the law

Answer 2

Undefined Decomposition

Question 3

The bundle of rights which have been associated with property include the

Answer 3

Right to possess, to use, to exclude, to profit, and to dispose

Question 4

Courts recognize that sates have a valid in this

Answer 4

Protecting survivors and insuring sufficient privacy to carry out disposition

Question 5

Which case spurred the Human Dignity Act?

Answer 5

Board V. Sagel

Question 6

According to the Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejune Families act of 2012, how far away from funeral’s must protester’s be?

Answer 6

300 ft

Question 7

The Human Dignity Act requires what?

Answer 7

Body must be completely covered and prevent leakage or spillage except embalming, restoration, and dressing, and viewing during visitation

Question 8

Describe the time period of refrigeration for an unembalmed body?

Answer 8

48 hours from death

Question 9

What must happen if the body cannot be refrigerated within 48 hours?

Answer 9

Must notify the state board

Question 10

What kind of permission is necessary to embalm a body?

Answer 10

Written Permission

Question 11

The Human Dignity Act states that a funeral home establishment or crematory shall store the body of a decedany until final disposition where?

Answer 11

A funeral establishment or
Crematory licensed under title 7 or
Crematory under title 5 of Business Regulation Article or
Another facility that has passed inspection by the State Board of Morticians within 2 years

Question 12

Describe the no comingling portion of the Human Dignity Act

Answer 12

A funeral establishment may not transport or store the body of a decedent together with animal remains in the same confined space

Question 13

While the body of a decedent is in the custody of a funeral establishment, the body may not be transported where?

Answer 13

To a facility that is not within the jurisdiction of the state, license by the state board, or permitted by the office of cemetery oversight

Question 14

What are conditions in which the body may be transported for preparation or storage?

Answer 14

The facility has entered into a written agreement with the board allowing them to make unannounced inspections
The PRD has given written or oral permission, and within 36 hours of oral permission gives written permission

Question 15

The most common form of disposition is

Answer 15

In Ground Burial

Question 16

This accounts for 50-75% of disposition

Answer 16

Cremation