Ohio Code 4717.29 – Medical device or implant present in decedent’s body
(A) A person executing a cremation authorization form as the authorizing agent under section 4717.24 of the Revised Code shall use diligent efforts to determine whether a pacemaker, cardiac defibrillator, or any other mechanical or radioactive device or implant is present in the decedent‘s body that poses a hazard to the health or safety of the personnel of the crematory or to the cremation chamber during the cremation process and shall indicate the presence of the device or implant on the cremation authorization form. If the decedent is to be delivered to the crematory facility by a funeral director, the person executing the authorization form shall inform the funeral director of the presence of the device or implant.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4717.29
- Cremation: includes processing and may include the pulverization of bone fragments. See Ohio Code 4717.01
- Cremation chamber: means the enclosed space within which cremation takes place. See Ohio Code 4717.01
- Crematory: means the building or portion of a building that houses the holding facility and the cremation chamber. See Ohio Code 4717.01
- Crematory facility: means the physical location at which a cremation chamber is located and the cremation process takes place. See Ohio Code 4717.01
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Funeral director: means a person who engages, in whole or in part, in funeral directing and who is licensed under this chapter. See Ohio Code 4717.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
(B) If a funeral director delivers the decedent to a crematory facility, the funeral director shall take reasonable precautions to ensure necessary actions are taken to remove a device or implant from the decedent, or to render the device or implant nonhazardous prior to delivering the decedent to the crematory facility.