H.B.
265
POSTMORTEM PROCEDURES AMENDMENTS
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Amendments
Amendment 1 February 5, 2009 5:53 pm
Representative Bradley M. Daw
proposes the following amendments:
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. is a dispositioner, if a funeral service director is not retained;
. provides that a dispositioner may not sign a certificate of death, unless the signature is witnessed
by the state registrar or a local registrar;
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. possessing, transporting, and disposing of a dead body or dead fetus;
. provides that it is unlawful for a dispositioner to charge for, or receive remuneration for, signing a
certificate of death or performing other duties of a dispositioner;
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(5) "Dispositioner" means:
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(a) a person designated in a written instrument, under Subsection
58-9-602
(1), as
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having the right and duty to control the disposition of the decedent
, if the person voluntarily acts as the
dispositioner
; or
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(b) the next of kin of the decedent, if:
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(i)
(A)
a person has not been designated as described in Subsection (5)(a); or
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{
(ii)
}
(B)
the person described in Subsection (5)(a) is unable or unwilling to exercise the
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right and duty described in Subsection (5)(a)
; and
(ii) the next of kin voluntarily acts as the dispositioner
.
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(4) (a)
{
The
}
Subject to Subsections (4)(d) and (10), a
custodial funeral service director or, if
a funeral service director is not
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retained, a dispositioner shall sign the certificate of death.
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(c) The certificate of death may not include the decedent's Social Security number.
(d) A dispositioner may not sign a certificate of death, unless the signature is witnessed by the
state registrar or a local registrar.
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(ii) identify the court and the date of the order.
(10) It is unlawful for a dispositioner to charge for or accept any remuneration for:
(a) signing a certificate of death; or
(b) performing any other duty of a dispositioner, as described in this section.
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