Wisconsin Statutes 440.70 – Definitions
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
- Columbarium: means a building, structure, or part of a building or structure that is used or intended to be used for the inurnment of cremated remains. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
- Cremated remains: means human remains recovered from the cremation of a human body or body part and the residue of a container or foreign materials that were cremated with the body or body part. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
- Cremation: means the process of using heat to reduce human remains to bone fragments and includes processing or pulverizing the bone fragments. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
- Cremation chamber: means an enclosed space within which cremation takes place. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
- Crematory: means a building or portion of a building within which a cremation chamber is located. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
- Human remains: means the body or part of the body of a deceased individual. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
- Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
(1) “Authorization form” means a form specified in s. 440.73.
(3) “Business entity” has the meaning given in s. 452.01 (3j).
(4) “Columbarium” means a building, structure, or part of a building or structure that is used or intended to be used for the inurnment of cremated remains.
(5) “Cremated remains” means human remains recovered from the cremation of a human body or body part and the residue of a container or foreign materials that were cremated with the body or body part.
(6) “Cremation” means the process of using heat to reduce human remains to bone fragments and includes processing or pulverizing the bone fragments.
(7) “Cremation chamber” means an enclosed space within which cremation takes place.
(8) “Crematory” means a building or portion of a building within which a cremation chamber is located.
(9) “Crematory authority” means a person who owns or operates a crematory.
(10) “Funeral director” has the meaning given in s. 445.01 (5).
(11) “Funeral establishment” has the meaning given in s. 445.01 (6).
(12) “Human remains” means the body or part of the body of a deceased individual.
(14) “Niche” means a space in a columbarium that is used or intended to be used for the inurnment of cremated remains.