Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 156 - Funeral Directing, Mortuary Science, and Cremation

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Board: means the board of hearing aid specialists. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• Board: means the board of mortuary science. See Iowa Code 156.1
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Cremation: means the technical process, using heat and flame, that reduces human remains to bone fragments. See Iowa Code 156.1
• Cremation establishment: means a place of business as defined by the board which provides any aspect of cremation services. See Iowa Code 156.1
• Department: means the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Funeral director: means a person licensed by the board to practice mortuary science. See Iowa Code 156.1
• Funeral establishment: means a place of business as defined by the board devoted to providing any aspect of mortuary science. See Iowa Code 156.1
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• License: means a license issued by the state under this chapter to a hearing aid specialist. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• Mortuary science: means the engaging in any of the following:
   a. See Iowa Code 156.1
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means a natural person. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Removal: means the act of taking human remains from the place of death or place where the human remains are being held to a funeral establishment or other designated place. See Iowa Code 156.1
• Removal technician: means a person registered with the board to perform removals. See Iowa Code 156.1
• Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
• State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Iowa Code 152E.3
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1