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1. Alternative Container Unfinished wood box or other nonmetal receptacle or enclosure,
without ornamentation or a fixed interior lining, that is designed
for the encasement of human remains and that is made of fiber-
board, pressed wood, composition materials, or like material
2. At-Need Solicitation Any uninvited contact by a licensee or his or her agent for the
purpose of the sale of burial services or merchandise to the family
or next of kin of a person after his or her death has occurred
3. Below ground crypts Interment space in preplaced chambers, either side by side or
multiple depth covered by earth and sod and known also as "lawn
crypts," "westminsters." or "turf-top crypts"
4. Funeral goods/burial mer- Any personal property offered or sold by any person for use in
chandise connection with the final disposition, memorialization, interment,
entombment, or inurnment of human remains or cremated re-
mains
5. Burial right THe term which means the right to use a grave space, mau-
soleum, columbarium, ossuary, or scattering garden for the in-
terment, entombment, inurnment, or other disposition of human
remains or cremated remains
6. Funeral Service Any service offered or provided in connection with the final dis-
position, memorialization, interment, entombment, or inurnment
of human remains or cremated remains
7. Care and maintenance Perpetual process of keeping a cemetery and its lots, graves,
grounds, landscaping, roads, paths, etc in a well-cared-for and
dignified condtion
8. Casket
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A rigid container that is designed for the encasement of human
remains and that is usually constructed of wood or metal, orna-
mented, and lined with fabric
9. Cemetery A place dedicated to and used or intended to be used for the
permanent interment of human remains or cremated remains
10. Cemetery Company Any legal entity that owns or controls cemetery lands or property
11. Centralized embalming fa- A facility in which embalming takes place that operates inde-
cility pendently of a funeral establishment licensee and that offers
embalming services to funeral directors for a fee
12. Bank of below ground crypts Any construction unit of below ground crypts that is acceptable
to the Department of Financial Services and that a cemetery uses
to initiate its below ground crypt program or to add to existing
below ground crypt structures
13. Cinerator A facility where dead human bodies are subjected to cremation
14. Closed container Any container in which cremated remains can be placed and
closed in a manner so as to prevent leakage or spillage of the
remains
15. Columbarium A structure of building that is substantially exposed above the
ground and that is intended to be used for the inurnment of
cremated remains
16. Common business enter- A group of two or more business entities that share common
prise ownership in excess of 50 percent
17. Cremated remains All the remains of the human body recovered after the completing
of the cremation process, including processing or pulverization
that leaves only bone fragments reduced to unidentifiable di-
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mensions and may include the residue of any foreign matter,
including the residue of any foreign matter, including casket
material, bridgework, or eyeglasses that were cremated with the
human remains
18. Cremation Any mechanical or thermal process whereby a dead human body
is reduced to ashes and bone fragments. Also includes any oth-
er mechanical or thermal process whereby human remains are
pulverized, burned, recremated, or otherwise further reduced in
size or quantity
19. Cremation chamber Enclosed space within which the cremation process takes place.
Anything covered by these procedures shall be used exclusively
for the cremation of human remains
20. Cremation container The casket or alternative in which the human remains are trans-
ported to and placed in the cremation chamber for a cremation
21. Cremation interment con- A rigid outer container, that, subject to a cemetery's rules and
tainer regulations, is composed of concrete, steel, fiberglass, or some
similar material in which an urn is placed prior to being interred
in the ground and that is designed to support the earth above
the urn
22. Board of funeral, cemetery, What Florida department oversees the Funeral Services issues
and consumer services
23. Direct disposal establish- A facility licensed under chapter 382 where a direct disposer
ment practices direct disposition
24. Licensee Any person licensed under chapter 382 to practice direct dispo-
sition in Florida
25. Disinterment
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The removal of a dead body from earth interment or above-
ground interment
26. Embalmier Any person licensed under chapter 382 to practice embalming in
Florida
27. Final Disposition The final disposition of a dead human body by earth interment,
above ground interment, cremation, burial at sea, or delivery to a
medical institution for lawful dissection if the medical institution
assumes responsibility for disposal
28. Funeral Service The observances, services, or ceremonies held to commemorate
the life of a specific deceased human being at which time the
remains are present
29. Funeral director Any person licensed under chapter 382 to practice funeral direct-
ing in Florida
30. Funeral Home A facility licensed under chapter 382 where a funeral director or
embalmer practices funeral directing or embalming
31. Grave space A space of ground in a cemetery intended to be used for the
interment in the ground of human remains
32. Human remains The body of a deceased human person for which a death certifi-
cate or fetal death certificate is required under chapter 382 and
includes the body in any stage of decomposition
33. Mausoleum A structure or building that is substantially exposed above the
ground and that is intended to be used for the entombment of
human remains
34. Monument Any product used for identifying a grave site and cemetery
memorials of all types, including monuments, markers, and vases
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1. Alternative Container Unfinished wood box or other nonmetal receptacle or enclosure,
without ornamentation or a fixed interior lining, that is designed
for the encasement of human remains and that is made of fiber-
board, pressed wood, composition materials, or like material
2. At-Need Solicitation Any uninvited contact by a licensee or his or her agent for the
purpose of the sale of burial services or merchandise to the family
or next of kin of a person after his or her death has occurred
3. Below ground crypts Interment space in preplaced chambers, either side by side or
multiple depth covered by earth and sod and known also as "lawn
crypts," "westminsters." or "turf-top crypts"
4. Funeral goods/burial mer- Any personal property offered or sold by any person for use in
chandise connection with the final disposition, memorialization, interment,
entombment, or inurnment of human remains or cremated re-
mains
5. Burial right THe term which means the right to use a grave space, mau-
soleum, columbarium, ossuary, or scattering garden for the in-
terment, entombment, inurnment, or other disposition of human
remains or cremated remains
6. Funeral Service Any service offered or provided in connection with the final dis-
position, memorialization, interment, entombment, or inurnment
of human remains or cremated remains
7. Care and maintenance Perpetual process of keeping a cemetery and its lots, graves,
grounds, landscaping, roads, paths, etc in a well-cared-for and
dignified condtion
8. Casket
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A rigid container that is designed for the encasement of human
remains and that is usually constructed of wood or metal, orna-
mented, and lined with fabric
9. Cemetery A place dedicated to and used or intended to be used for the
permanent interment of human remains or cremated remains
10. Cemetery Company Any legal entity that owns or controls cemetery lands or property
11. Centralized embalming fa- A facility in which embalming takes place that operates inde-
cility pendently of a funeral establishment licensee and that offers
embalming services to funeral directors for a fee
12. Bank of below ground crypts Any construction unit of below ground crypts that is acceptable
to the Department of Financial Services and that a cemetery uses
to initiate its below ground crypt program or to add to existing
below ground crypt structures
13. Cinerator A facility where dead human bodies are subjected to cremation
14. Closed container Any container in which cremated remains can be placed and
closed in a manner so as to prevent leakage or spillage of the
remains
15. Columbarium A structure of building that is substantially exposed above the
ground and that is intended to be used for the inurnment of
cremated remains
16. Common business enter- A group of two or more business entities that share common
prise ownership in excess of 50 percent
17. Cremated remains All the remains of the human body recovered after the completing
of the cremation process, including processing or pulverization
that leaves only bone fragments reduced to unidentifiable di-
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mensions and may include the residue of any foreign matter,
including the residue of any foreign matter, including casket
material, bridgework, or eyeglasses that were cremated with the
human remains
18. Cremation Any mechanical or thermal process whereby a dead human body
is reduced to ashes and bone fragments. Also includes any oth-
er mechanical or thermal process whereby human remains are
pulverized, burned, recremated, or otherwise further reduced in
size or quantity
19. Cremation chamber Enclosed space within which the cremation process takes place.
Anything covered by these procedures shall be used exclusively
for the cremation of human remains
20. Cremation container The casket or alternative in which the human remains are trans-
ported to and placed in the cremation chamber for a cremation
21. Cremation interment con- A rigid outer container, that, subject to a cemetery's rules and
tainer regulations, is composed of concrete, steel, fiberglass, or some
similar material in which an urn is placed prior to being interred
in the ground and that is designed to support the earth above
the urn
22. Board of funeral, cemetery, What Florida department oversees the Funeral Services issues
and consumer services
23. Direct disposal establish- A facility licensed under chapter 382 where a direct disposer
ment practices direct disposition
24. Licensee Any person licensed under chapter 382 to practice direct dispo-
sition in Florida
25. Disinterment
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The removal of a dead body from earth interment or above-
ground interment
26. Embalmier Any person licensed under chapter 382 to practice embalming in
Florida
27. Final Disposition The final disposition of a dead human body by earth interment,
above ground interment, cremation, burial at sea, or delivery to a
medical institution for lawful dissection if the medical institution
assumes responsibility for disposal
28. Funeral Service The observances, services, or ceremonies held to commemorate
the life of a specific deceased human being at which time the
remains are present
29. Funeral director Any person licensed under chapter 382 to practice funeral direct-
ing in Florida
30. Funeral Home A facility licensed under chapter 382 where a funeral director or
embalmer practices funeral directing or embalming
31. Grave space A space of ground in a cemetery intended to be used for the
interment in the ground of human remains
32. Human remains The body of a deceased human person for which a death certifi-
cate or fetal death certificate is required under chapter 382 and
includes the body in any stage of decomposition
33. Mausoleum A structure or building that is substantially exposed above the
ground and that is intended to be used for the entombment of
human remains
34. Monument Any product used for identifying a grave site and cemetery
memorials of all types, including monuments, markers, and vases
