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2022 Updated! Arkansas FuneralDirectors/Embalmers LRR study guide.
Advertisement - -The publication, dissemination, circulation or placing
before the public, or causing directly or indirectly to be made, published,
disseminated or placed before the public, whether in print, over the radio, on
television, or in any form of digital media: any announcement or statement
in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication, or in the form of a book,
notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, handbill, poster, bill, sign, placard, card,
label, or tag.
Apprentice - -A person who is registered with the Board and is engaged in
learning the practice of embalming or the business of funeral directing,
under the instruction and direct personal supervision of a licensed embalmer
or funeral director of the State of Arkansas.
Arrangements - -to advise, counsel, and/or enter into agreements about
specifics for any services in advance of a death, or following a death.
Authority Having Jurisdiction ("AHJ") - -The individual, agency, or office in
this state or another state that has authority to release dead human bodies
for final disposition.
Authorizing Agent(s) - -A person legally entitled to control the disposition of
the remains of a deceased person, as defined by Ark. Code Ann. § 20-17-102.
In the case of individuals who have donated their bodies to science, and in
which the institution is charged with making arrangements for the final
disposition of the deceased, a representative of the institution, if legally
authorized, may serve as the authorizing agent.
Bait Advertising - -Advertising a funeral, or an alternative type of service,
which the advertising funeral firm, in truth, does not intend or does not wish
to sell. Its purpose is to induce persons "before the time of need," or "at
need," to visit or call the funeral firm, and then sell them a higher priced
service.
Board - -As used in this Rule, it shall mean the State Board of Embalmers,
Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services.
Cash Advance or Cash Accommodations - -Monies paid to outside parties by
the funeral director or the funeral service firm, on behalf of the authorizing
agent.
,Casket - -A rigid container in which the dead body is placed for use in
religious services or other ceremonies, transportation, or final disposition;
usually constructed of wood, metal, or manufactured materials such as
plastic, fiberglass, chipboard, pressed paper, paperboard or corrugated
paper.
Closed Container - -Any container in which cremated remains can be placed
and closed in a manner so as to be resistant to leakage or spillage of
cremated remains or the entrance of foreign materials.
Committal Service - -The final rite or ceremony
Cremation/Calcination - -The Cremation Association of North America
defines cremation as, "the mechanical and/or thermal or other dissolution
process that reduces human remains to bone fragments." Cremation
includes the processing, and usually includes the pulverization of the bone
fragments.
Crematory - -The building or portion of a building that houses the retort, and
that may house a holding facility for purposes of cremation, and as part of a
funeral establishment.
Crematory Authority - -The legal entity or the authorized representative of
the legal entity which is licensed by the Board to operate a crematory and
perform cremations.
Cremation Chamber - -The enclosed space within which the cremation
process takes place.
Cremation Container - -The container in which the human remains are
placed in the cremation chamber for a cremation, and which should be
required by the crematory authority if the remains are not in a casket
A cremation container should meet substantially all of the following
standards: - -1. Be composed of readily combustible materials suitable for
cremations
2. Be able to be closed in order to provide a complete covering for the
human remains
3. Be resistant to leakage or spillage
4. Be rigid enough for handling with ease
5. Be able to provide protection for the health, safety and personal integrity
of crematory personnel.
Cremated Remains or Cremains - -All human remains recovered after the
completion of the cremation process, including pulverization, which leaves
only bone fragments reduced to unidentifiable dimensions
,Direct Disposition - -The disposition of the body of a dead person as quickly
as the law will allow without its preparation, except when required by law,
and without any attendant religious services or other rites or ceremonies.
Direct Personal Supervision - -Daily on-site contact whereby the
supervisor/mentor, during the apprenticeship period, is able to quickly
respond to the needs of the apprentice funeral director and/or embalmer.
The supervisor/mentor must be on the premises whenever embalming and/or
funeral directing is performed.
Disposition Authority - -The licensed funeral establishment, cremation
authority, or other person or legal entity charged with the disposition of
cremated remains.
Embalmer - -A person required to be licensed to practice the science of
embalming under the laws of this State who disinfects or preserves a dead
human body, entirely, or in part, by the use of chemical substances, fluids, or
gases, in the body, or by introduction of same into the body by vascular or
hypodermic injection, or by direct application into the organs or cavities.
Embalming - -The art of disinfecting or preserving a dead human body
entirely, or in part, by the use of chemical substances, fluids, or gases, in the
body, or by introduction of same into the body by vascular or hypodermic
injection, or by direct application into the organs or cavities.
Fetal Death - -Death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its
mother of a product of human conception, irrespective of the duration of
pregnancy; the death is indicated by the fact that after such expulsion or
extraction, the fetus does not breathe or show any evidence of life, such as
beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of
voluntary muscles.
Fetal Remains - -The remains of a fetal death.
Final Disposition - -After the completion of arrangements, final disposition is
defined as earth interment, above ground entombment, delivery directly, or
through a licensed transportation service to a crematory for a cremation,
delivery directly, or through a licensed transportation service to the proper
agency for burial at sea, or delivery directly, or through a licensed
transportation service to a medical institution for lawful dissection and
experimentation.
Funeral Director - -A person required to be licensed to practice the business
of funeral directing under the laws of this State, who meets the public,
displays and sells or offers to sell funeral merchandise or supplies; who plans
, details of funeral services with members of the family and minister or any
other person responsible for such planning, or who directs, is in charge, or
apparent charge of, and supervises such service in a funeral home, church or
other places; who enters into the making, negotiation or completion of
financial arrangements for funerals, including, but not limited to, the sale
and selection of funeral supplies, or who uses in connection with the
business of funeral directing the words or terms "Funeral Director",
"Undertaker", " Funeral Counselor", "Mortician", or any other word, term or
picture or combination thereof when considered in context in which used,
from which person using such word, term or picture can be implied to be
holding himself out to the public as being engaged in the business of funeral
directing.
Funeral Establishment or Funeral Home- - -A place or premise devoted to or
used in the shelter, care, preparation, disposition or custody of the body, or
for religious services or other rites or ceremonies associated with the final
disposition of human dead or maintained for the convenience and comfort of
the bereaved and the community for viewing or other services in connection
with the human dead, and as the office or place for carrying on the business
of funeral directing.
Funeral Merchandise - -That personal property used in connection with the
transportation, funeralization and final disposition of a dead human body,
including but not limited to the receptacle into which the body is directly
placed.
Green Burial - -Interment of a dead human body in the soil in a manner that
does not inhibit decomposition and allows for the body to recycle naturally.
Interment of the body occurs in a biodegradable casket, shroud, or any other
biodegradable material. The process typically does not involve embalming.
Green burial is a type of final disposition.
Holding Facility - -An area within, adjacent or available to the crematory
facility designed for the retention of human remains prior to cremation
A Holding Facility shall: - -1. Comply with any applicable public health law
2. Preserve the dignity of the human remains
3. Recognize the integrity, health, and safety of the crematory authority
personnel operating the crematory
4. Be secure from access by the general public.
Human Remains - -The body of a deceased person, or part of a body or limb
that has been removed from a living person, including the body, part of the
body or limb, in any state of decomposition.
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