65-1762. Supervision; crematory operator license requirement; cremation requirements; authorization form and coroner's permit. (a) The licensed crematory operator in charge shall supervise the licensed crematory on a full-time or a part-time basis and perform such other duties relating to the supervision of a licensed crematory as prescribed by the board by rules and regulations. The crematory operator in charge of a licensed crematory shall hold a Kansas crematory operator's license. Additionally, a crematory operator in charge shall hold a funeral director's license unless the crematory only receives dead human bodies for cremation through licensed funeral establishments or branch funeral establishments.
(b) Only licensed crematory operators may perform cremation.
(c) No crematory operator or crematory operator in charge shall cremate or cause to be cremated any dead human body until it has received:
(1) A cremation authorization form signed by an authorizing agent. The written authorization shall include:
(A) The identity of the dead human body and the time and date of death;
(B) the name of the funeral director or assistant funeral director and the funeral establishment or branch establishment, or the authorizing agent, that obtained the cremation authorization;
(C) notification as to whether the cause of death occurred from a disease declared by the department of health and environment to be infectious, contagious, communicable or dangerous to the public health;
(D) the name of the authorizing agent and the relationship between the authorizing agent and the decedent;
(E) authorization for the crematory to cremate the dead human body;
(F) a representation that the dead human body does not contain a pacemaker or any other material or implant that may be potentially hazardous or cause damage to the cremation chamber or the person performing the cremation;
(G) the name of the person authorized to receive the cremated remains from the crematory; and
(H) the signature of the authorizing agent, attesting to the accuracy of all representations contained on the cremation authorization form; and
(2) a completed and executed coroner's permit to cremate, if required by K.S.A. 65-2426a, and amendments thereto, indicating that the dead human body is to be cremated.
History: L. 2001, ch. 183, § 3; L. 2004, ch. 43, § 1; L. 2010, ch. 131, § 9; L. 2021, ch. 59, § 2; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 17 - Regulation Of Embalmers And Funeral Directors; Funeral Establishments
65-1701 License; application, issuance; registration and display.
65-1701a Educational requirements; registration and examination, fees; apprenticeship.
65-1701b Reciprocal licenses; fees.
65-1702a Temporary embalming permits for certain purposes; conditions and limitations.
65-1703 Unlicensed persons; unlawful acts; student and apprentice embalmers; definitions.
65-1705 Penalties for violations.
65-1706 Use of bodies by school for teaching embalming.
65-1707 Penalty for embalming without permission of coroner, when.
65-1710 Questions used for examination.
65-1713 Funeral director defined; business name.
65-1713a Funeral establishment defined; branch establishments; prearranged funeral agreements.
65-1713b Funeral service or interment, who in charge of.
65-1715 Same; examination fee.
65-1718 Disposition of moneys; mortuary arts fee fund.
65-1721 Qualifications; persons from other states; examination.
65-1723 Powers of state board of mortuary arts; fees and expenses.
65-1725 Severability of 1935 act.
65-1725a Severability of 1941 act.
65-1726 Penalties for violations.
65-1727 Fees; fixed by rules and regulations; notice to licensee; licensure by endorsement.
65-1728 Eye enucleation; embalmers and other persons; certificate of competence; liability.
65-1730 Rules and regulations.
65-1731 Failure, neglect or refusal to pay fee classified as class B misdemeanor.
65-1752 Solicitation of clients; prohibitions.
65-1753 Dead human bodies; removal and delivery.
65-1761 Licensure of crematory; requirements of crematory and holding facility.
65-1765 Failure to remove pacemaker or hazardous implants; liability for damage.
65-1766 Rules and regulations; policies; licensure, revocation, suspension or denial of; penalty.
65-1767 Conflicting Kansas laws; precedence of this act.
65-1768 Licensure; fees; expiration of license; exemption from licensure; unlawful operation.
65-1770 Cremations; conducted by whom and where.
65-1771 Licensure of crematory operator; application; qualifications.
65-1772 Same; renewal; reinstatement; rules and regulations.