Florida Statutes 497.609 – Liability of direct disposers, direct disposal establishments, funeral directors, funeral establishments, and cinerator facilities regarding cremation
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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 497.609
- Cinerator: means a facility where dead human bodies are subjected to cremation. See Florida Statutes 497.005
- Cremation: means any mechanical or thermal process whereby a dead human body is reduced to ashes and bone fragments. See Florida Statutes 497.005
- Direct disposal establishment: means a facility licensed under this chapter where a direct disposer practices direct disposition. See Florida Statutes 497.005
- Direct disposer: means any person licensed under this chapter to practice direct disposition in this state. See Florida Statutes 497.005
- Director: means the director of the Division of Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services. See Florida Statutes 497.005
- Funeral director: means any person licensed under this chapter to practice funeral directing in this state. See Florida Statutes 497.005
- Funeral establishment: means a facility licensed under this chapter where a funeral director or embalmer practices funeral directing or embalming. See Florida Statutes 497.005
- Legally authorized person: means , in the priority listed:1. See Florida Statutes 497.005
- Person: when used without qualification such as "natural" or "individual" includes both natural persons and legal entities. See Florida Statutes 497.005
If a direct disposer, direct disposal establishment, funeral director, funeral establishment, or cinerator facility is given a copy of the deceased’s declaration of intent to be cremated that is signed by the deceased and the deceased’s human remains are subsequently cremated, or a court order directing the cremation of the deceased’s human remains, no person may make a claim objecting to the cremation against that direct disposer, direct disposal establishment, funeral director, funeral establishment, or cinerator facility. If a direct disposer, direct disposal establishment, funeral director, funeral establishment, or cinerator facility performs a cremation pursuant to the authorization of a legally authorized person who represents that she or he is not aware of any objection to the cremation of the deceased’s human remains by others in the same class of the person making the representation or of any person in a higher priority class, and the deceased’s human remains are subsequently cremated, no person may make a claim objecting to the cremation against that direct disposer, direct disposal establishment, funeral director, funeral establishment, or cinerator facility.