North Dakota § 43-10-01 - Definitions
Full text of North Dakota North Dakota Century Code § 43-10-01 — Definitions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 43-10-01. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Board" means the state board of funeral service. 2. "Crematorium" means a furnace or establishment for the cremation of corpses. 3. "Embalming" means preparing dead human bodies for final disposition or removal by the injection of antiseptic or preservative preparations into the skin, the blood vessels, or cavities of the body, the external application of antiseptic solution, taking charge of the remains of those dead of any communicable disease, preparing dead human bodies for shipment or holding oneself out to do any of the above acts by advertising or any other means. 4. "Final disposition" means the entombment, burial in a cemetery, cremation, removal from the state, or whole-body donation to a school of medicine of a dead human body. 5. "Funeral directing" means the care and disposal of the body of a deceased person; the preserving, disinfecting, and preparing, by embalming or otherwise, the body of a deceased person for funeral services, transportation to a point of final disposition, burial, or cremation; or arranging, directing, or supervising a funeral, memorial service, or gravesite service. 6. "Funeral establishment" means any place or premises devoted to or used in the holding, care, or preparation of a dead human body for final disposition or transportation or for mourning or funeral ceremony purposes. 7. "Funeral practitioner" means a person licensed by the board to practice funeral directing and embalming. 8. "Intern embalmer" means a person registered with the board to engage in learning the practice of embalming under the instruction and personal supervision of a duly licensed funeral practitioner. 9. "Practice of funeral service" means to engage in funeral directing or embalming. 10. "Preparation of the body" means embalming of the body or such items of care as washing, disinfecting, shaving, positioning of features, restorative procedures, care of hair, application of cosmetics, dressing, and casketing.
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Section 43-10-01 ("Definitions") is part of the North Dakota Century Code, the codified statutory law of North Dakota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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