Oregon Statutes 692.146 – Application for funeral establishment or immediate disposition company license
(1) The State Mortuary and Cemetery Board shall issue a license to a funeral establishment or immediate disposition company if the person who will operate the establishment or immediate disposition company applies to the board for a license on a form provided by the board. The application shall be accompanied by the application fee established under ORS § 692.160.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 692.146
- Board: means the State Mortuary and Cemetery Board. See Oregon Statutes 692.010
- Cemetery: means any one, or a combination of more than one, of the following, in a place used, or intended to be used, and dedicated, for cemetery purposes:
(a) A burial park, for earth interments;
(b) A mausoleum, for crypt interments;
(c) A columbarium, for permanent interments of cremated or reduced remains;
(d) A scattering garden or other designated area above or below ground where a person may pay to establish a memorial of cremated or reduced remains; or
(e) A cenotaph, the primary purpose of which is to provide an area where a person may pay to establish a memorial to honor a person whose remains may be interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered. See Oregon Statutes 692.010
- Immediate disposition company: means any business licensed under this chapter, other than a licensed funeral establishment, where a licensed funeral service practitioner operates the business of immediate final disposition and where business records are kept. See Oregon Statutes 692.010
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(2) The application shall disclose the following:
(a) The name and address of the establishment or company.
(b) That the establishment is operated by a licensed funeral service practitioner.
(c) That the immediate disposition company is operated by a licensed funeral service practitioner.
(3) For purposes of this section and ORS § 692.025, each branch of a licensee’s funeral establishment or immediate disposition company is a separate establishment and must be licensed at a fixed place of business. [1957 c.596 § 5; 1971 c.115 § 8; 1983 c.810 § 11; 1989 c.177 § 6; 1997 c.638 § 7]