Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 58 > Chapter 9 > Part 3 - Licensing

• Alkaline hydrolysis: means a water-based dissolution process using alkaline chemicals, heat, and sometimes agitation or pressure that reduces human remains to a liquid and to dry bone residue and includes the disposal of the liquid and the processing and pulverization of the dry bone residue. See Utah Code 58-9-102
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Board: means the Board of Funeral Service created in Section 58-9-201. See Utah Code 58-9-102
• Buyer: means a person who purchases a preneed funeral arrangement. See Utah Code 58-9-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Department: means the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Director: means the director of the Division of Professional Licensing. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Disposition: means the final disposal of a dead human body by:
       (16)(a) earth interment;
       (16)(b) above ground burial;
       (16)(c) cremation;
       (16)(d) calcination;
       (16)(e) alkaline hydrolysis;
       (16)(f) burial at sea;
       (16)(g) delivery to a medical institution; or
       (16)(h) other lawful means. See Utah Code 58-9-102
• Division: means the Division of Professional Licensing created in Section 58-1-103. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Embalming: means replacing body fluids in a dead human body with preserving and disinfecting chemicals. See Utah Code 58-9-102
• 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.
• Funeral merchandise: means any of the following into which a dead human body is placed in connection with the transportation or disposition of the body:
            (18)(a)(i) a vault;
            (18)(a)(ii) a casket; or
            (18)(a)(iii) other personal property. See Utah Code 58-9-102
• Funeral service: means a service, rite, or ceremony performed:
       (19)(a) with respect to the death of a human; and
       (19)(b) with the body of the deceased present. See Utah Code 58-9-102
• Funeral service director: means an individual licensed under this chapter who may engage in all lawful professional activities regulated and defined under the practice of funeral service. See Utah Code 58-9-102
• Funeral service establishment: includes :
            (21)(b)(i) all portions of the business premises and all tools, instruments, and supplies used in the preparation and embalming of dead human bodies for burial, cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, and final disposition as defined by division rule; and
            (21)(b)(ii) a facility used by the business in which funeral services may be conducted. See Utah Code 58-9-102
• Funeral service intern: means an individual licensed under this chapter who is permitted to:
       (22)(a) assist a funeral service director in the embalming or other preparation of a dead human body for disposition;
       (22)(b) assist a funeral service director in the cremation, calcination, alkaline hydrolysis, or pulverization of a dead human body or its remains; and
       (22)(c) perform other funeral service activities under the supervision of a funeral service director. See Utah Code 58-9-102
• Licensee: includes any holder of a license, certificate, registration, permit, student card, or apprentice card authorized under this title. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Person: means :
       (24)(a) an individual;
       (24)(b) an association;
       (24)(c) an institution;
       (24)(d) a corporation;
       (24)(e) a company;
       (24)(f) a trust;
       (24)(g) a limited liability company;
       (24)(h) a partnership;
       (24)(i) a political subdivision;
       (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
       (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• Preneed funeral arrangement: means a written or oral agreement sold in advance of the death of the beneficiary under which a person agrees with a buyer to provide at the death of the beneficiary any of the following as are typically provided in connection with a disposition:
            (26)(a)(i) goods;
            (26)(a)(ii) services, including:

                 (26)(a)(ii)(A) embalming services; and

                 (26)(a)(ii)(B) funeral directing services;
            (26)(a)(iii) real property; or
            (26)(a)(iv) personal property, including:

                 (26)(a)(iv)(A) a casket;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(B) another primary container;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(C) a cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, or transportation container;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(D) an outer burial container;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(E) a vault;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(F) a grave liner;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(G) funeral clothing and accessories;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(H) a monument;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(I) a grave marker; and

                 (26)(a)(iv)(J) a cremation or alkaline hydrolysis urn. See Utah Code 58-9-102
• Processing: means the reduction of identifiable bone fragments after the completion of the cremation or the alkaline hydrolysis process to unidentifiable bone fragments by manual means. See Utah Code 58-9-102
• Sales agent: means an individual licensed under this chapter as a preneed funeral arrangement sales agent. See Utah Code 58-9-102
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5