Occupations and Professions
Funeral Services Licensing Act
Section 609
Cremation containers.
     58-9-609.   Cremation containers.
     (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2), a funeral service establishment may not make or enforce a rule requiring that human remains be:
     (i) placed in a casket before cremation; or
     (ii) cremated in a casket.
     (b) A funeral service establishment may not refuse to accept human remains for cremation because they are not in a casket.
     (2) (a) Human remains must be delivered to a crematory in a casket or cremation container.
     (b) Human remains may not be removed from a casket or cremation container once delivered to the crematory, and the casket or cremation container shall be cremated with the human remains, unless:
     (i) the funeral service establishment has been provided with written instructions to the contrary by the authorizing agent; or
     (ii) the funeral service establishment does not accept metal caskets for cremation.

Enacted by Chapter 353, 2008 General Session
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