Ohio § 4717.25

§ 4717.25.

(A) A cremation authorization form authorizing the cremation of any body parts, including,

without limitation, dead human bodies that were donated to science for purposes of

medical education or research shall include at least all of the following information

and statements, as applicable: (1) The identity of the decedent whose body was donated to science for purposes of medical

education or research or the identity of the living person or such a decedent from

whom the body parts were removed; (2) The name of the authorizing agent and the relationship of the authorizing agent to

the decedent or the living person from whom the body parts were removed; (3) A statement that the authorizing agent in fact has the right to authorize the cremation

of the decedent or the body parts removed from the decedent or living person and a

description of the basis of the person's right to execute the cremation authorization

form; (4) A statement of whether the crematory facility is authorized to simultaneously cremate

the decedent or body parts removed from the decedent or living person with one or

more other decedents whose bodies were donated to science for purposes of medical

education or research or with body parts removed from one or more other decedents

or living persons; (5) The authorization for the crematory facility to cremate the decedent or body parts

removed from the decedent or living person and to process or pulverize the cremated

remains as is the practice at the particular crematory facility; (6) A statement of whether it is the crematory facility's practice to return all of the

residue removed from the cremation chamber following the cremation or to separate

and remove foreign matter from the residue before returning the cremated remains to

the authorizing agent or the authorizing agent's designee; (7) The name of the person who is to receive the cremated remains from the crematory

facility; (8) The manner in which the final disposition of the cremated remains is to occur, if

known.  If the cremation authorization form does not specify the manner of the final disposition

of the cremated remains, it shall indicate that the cremated remains will be held

by the crematory facility for thirty days after the cremation, unless, prior to the

end of that period, they are picked up from the crematory facility by the person designated

on the authorization form to receive them or by the authorizing agent, or are delivered

or shipped by the crematory facility to one of those persons.  The authorization form shall indicate that if no instructions for the final disposition

of the cremated remains are provided on the authorization form and that if no arrangements

for final disposition have been made within the thirty-day period, the crematory facility

may return the cremated remains to the authorizing agent.  The authorization form shall further indicate that if no arrangements for the final

disposition of the cremated remains have been made within sixty days after the cremation

and if the authorizing agent or person designated on the authorization form to receive

the cremated remains has not picked them up or caused them to be picked up within

that period, the crematory operator or the crematory facility may dispose of them

in accordance with division (C)(1) or (2) of section 4717.27 of the Revised Code. (9) The certification of the authorizing agent to the effect that all of the information

and statements contained in the authorization form are accurate. (B) An authorizing agent who signs a cremation authorization form under this section

is hereby deemed to warrant the accuracy of the information and statements contained

in the authorization form, including the person's authority to authorize the cremation. (C) At any time after executing a cremation authorization form and prior to the beginning

of the cremation process, an authorizing agent who executed a cremation authorization

form under this section may, in writing, revoke the authorization, cancel the cremation,

and claim the decedent's body or the body parts for purposes of making alternative

arrangements for the final disposition of the decedent's body or the body parts.  The crematory facility shall cancel the cremation if the crematory facility receives

such a revocation before beginning the cremation. (D) A cremation authorization form executed under this section does not constitute a

contract for conducting the cremation of the decedent named in the authorization form

or body parts removed from the decedent or living person named in the form or for

the final disposition of the cremated remains of the decedent or body parts.  The revocation of a cremation authorization form or modification of the arrangements

for the final disposition of the cremated remains of the decedent or the body parts

pursuant to division (C) of this section does not affect the validity or enforceability

of any contract for the cremation of the decedent named in the authorization form,

the cremation of body parts from the decedent or living person named in the authorization

form, or the final disposition of the cremated remains of the decedent or body parts.