Georgia Code
Part 4 - Operation of Funeral Establishments and Crematories
§ 43-18-72. Crematories to Be Licensed; Equipment, Facilities, and Personnel; Application; Reports; Limitation of Single Body in Cremation Device

History. Code 1981, § 43-18-72 , enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1372, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2762, § 5A; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1322, § 4; Ga. L. 2002, p. 641, § 5; Ga. L. 2009, p. 292, § 2/HB 68; Ga. L. 2021, p. 342, § 3/HB 124.
The 2021 amendment, effective May 4, 2021, substituted “cremation device” for “retort for cremation” at the end of subparagraph (a)(1)(D); in subsection (b), inserted “and regulations” near the beginning of the first sentence and added the second sentence; and substituted “cremation device” for “retort” in subsection (e).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2002, “May 9, 2002” was substituted for “the effective date of this subsection” twice in subsection (f).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2009, “after July 1, 2009, for any stand-alone crematory that was not in operation as of July 1, 2009” was substituted for “after the effective date of this subparagraph for any stand-alone crematory that was not in operation as of such effective date” in subparagraph (a)(2)(B).
Law reviews.
For note on the 2002 amendment of this Code section, see 19 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 200 (2002).

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