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| The preservation and disinfection, or attempted preservation and disinfection, of the dead human body by application of chemicals externally, internally, or both |
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| A sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other business entity that is engaged in funeral directing for profit or for free from one or more funeral homes licensed under this chapter |
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| The business or profession of directing or supervising funerals for profit, the arrangement or sale of funeral services, the filling out or execution of a funeral service contract, the business or profession of preparing dead human bodies for burial by means other than embalming, the disposition of dead human bodies, the provision or maintenance of a place for the preparation, the care, or disposition of dead human bodies, the use in connection with a business of the term "funeral director," "undertaker," "mortician," or any other term from which can be implied the business of funeral directing, or the holding out to the public that one is a funeral director or a disposer of dead human bodies |
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| A fixed place for the care, preparation for burial, or disposition of dead human bodies or the conducting of funerals. Each business location is a funeral home, regardless of common ownership or management |
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| A person who engages, in whole or in part, in embalming and who is licensed under this chapter |
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| A person who engages, in whole or in part, in funeral directing and who is licensed under this chapte |
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| the interment, cremation, removal from The state, donation, or other authorized disposition of a dead body or a fetal death |
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| The operation of all phases of the business of funeral directing or embalming under the specific direction of a licensed funeral director or licensed embalmer |
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| The physical presence of a licensed funeral director or licensed embalmer while the specific functions of the funeral or embalming are being carried out |
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| A fixed location, separate from the funeral home, that is licensed under this chapter whose only function is the embalming and preparation of dead human bodies |
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| The physical location at which a cremation chamber is located and the cremation process takes place |
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| Crematory facility does NOT include... |
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| An infectious waste incineration facility for which a license is held under division (B) of section 3734.05 of the Revised Code, or a solid waste incineration facility for which a license is held under division (A) of that section that includes a notation pursuant to division (B)(3) of that section authorizing the facility to also treat infectious wastes, in connection with the incineration of body parts other than dead human bodies that were donated to science for purposes of medical education or research. |
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| The building or portion of a building that houses the holding facility and the cremation chamber |
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| The technical process of using heat and flame to reduce human or animal remains to bone fragments or ashes or any combination thereof. "Cremation" includes processing and may include the pulverization of bone fragments |
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| The enclosed space within which cremation takes place |
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| All human or animal remains recovered after the completion of the cremation process, which may include the residue of any foreign matter such as casket material, dental work, or eyeglasses that were cremated with the human or animal remains |
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| A license issued under this chapter that has become invalid because of the failure of the licensee to renew the license within the time limits prescribed under this chapter |
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| Operator of a crematory facility |
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| the sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other business entity responsible for the overall operation of a crematory facility |
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| The reduction of identifiable bone fragments to unidentifiable bone fragments through manual or mechanical means after the completion of the cremation process |
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| The reduction of identifiable bone fragments to granulated particles by manual or mechanical means after the completion of the cremation process |
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| Pre-need funeral contract |
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| A written agreement, contract, or series of contracts to sell or otherwise provide any funeral services, funeral goods, or any combination thereof to be used in connection with the funeral or final disposition of a dead human body, where payment for the goods or services is made either outright or on an installment basis, prior to the death of the person purchasing the goods or services or for whom the goods or services are purchased |
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| Pre-need funeral contract does NOT include... |
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| any preneed cemetery merchandise and services contract or any agreement, contract, or series of contracts pertaining to the sale of any burial lot, burial or interment right, entombment right, or columbarium right with respect to which an endowment care fund is established or is exempt from establishment pursuant to section 1721.21 of the Revised Code |
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| The individual who has purchased and financed a preneed funeral contract, and who may or may not be the contract beneficiary |
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| The individual for whom funeral goods and funeral services are provided pursuant to a preneed funeral contract. |
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| Any person that enters into a pre-need funeral contract with a purchaser for the provision of funeral goods, funeral services, or both |
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