New Hampshire § 325-A-1 - Section 325-A:1 Definitions.

§ 325-A-1. Section 325-A:1 Definitions.

In this chapter: I. "Alternative container" means a container in which human remains are placed in a cremation chamber for cremation. II. "Authorizing agent" means a person vested with the right to control the disposition of human remains pursuant to RSA 290. III. "Board" means the state board of registration of funeral directors and embalmers established under RSA 325:2. IV. "Casket" means a rigid container made of wood, metal, or other similar material, ornamented and lined with fabric, which is designed for the encasement of human remains. V. "Cremated remains" means the residue of human remains recovered after cremation and the processing of such remains by pulverization, leaving only bone fragments reduced to unidentifiable dimensions, and the unrecoverable residue of any foreign matter, such as eyeglasses, bridgework, or other similar material, that was cremated with the human remains. VI. "Cremated remains receipt form" means a form provided by a crematory authority to an authorizing agent or his or her representative that identifies cremated remains and the person authorized to receive such remains. VII. "Cremation" means the technical process that uses heat and evaporation to reduce human remains to bone fragments. VIII. "Cremation chamber" means the enclosed space within which a cremation takes place. IX. "Crematory" means a building or portion of a building which contains a cremation chamber and holding facility. X. "Crematory authority" means the legal entity subject to licensure by the board to maintain and operate a crematory and perform cremation. XI. "Crematory operator" means a person who is responsible for the operation of a crematory. XII. "Delivery receipt form" means a form provided by a funeral establishment to a crematory authority to document the receipt of human remains by such authority for the purpose of cremation. XIII. "Funeral director" means funeral director as defined in RSA 325. XIV. "Holding facility" means the area of a crematory designated for the retention of human remains prior to cremation and includes a refrigerated facility. XV. "Human remains" means the body of a deceased person, or a human body part, in any stage of decomposition and includes limbs or other portions of the anatomy that are removed from a person or human remains for medical purposes during treatment, surgery, biopsy, autopsy, or medical research. XVI. "Permanent container" means a receptacle made of durable material for the long-term placement of cremated remains. XVII. "Temporary container" means a receptacle made of cardboard, plastic, or other similar material in which cremated remains are placed prior to the placement of such remains in an urn or other permanent container.