Rights and Duties Relating to Cemeteries, Human Bodies and Anatomical Gifts

ORS 97.925
Purpose

It is the purpose of ORS 97.923 (Definitions for ORS 97.923 to 97.949) to 97.949 (Notification by director to appropriate federal, state or local law enforcement officer of violation of ORS 97.923 to 97.949), 97.992 (Penalties for ORS 97.937), 97.994 (Penalties for ORS 97.931, 97.933, 97.941 and 97.943) and 692.180 (Grounds for revocation, suspension or refusal to issue or renew licenses or certificates) to ensure funds for performance to purchasers who contract through prearrangement sales contracts for the purchase of funeral or cemetery merchandise or services, and through preconstruction sales contracts for undeveloped interment spaces. It is also the purpose of ORS 97.923 (Definitions for ORS 97.923 to 97.949) to 97.949 (Notification by director to appropriate federal, state or local law enforcement officer of violation of ORS 97.923 to 97.949), 97.992 (Penalties for ORS 97.937), 97.994 (Penalties for ORS 97.931, 97.933, 97.941 and 97.943) and 692.180 (Grounds for revocation, suspension or refusal to issue or renew licenses or certificates) to provide for the certification or registration of entities selling, offering for sale, administering or providing merchandise or services to fulfill prearrangement sales contracts and preconstruction sales contracts, the creation and administration of prearrangement sales contract and preconstruction sales contract trust funds, the disbursement and allocation of trust funds upon the certified provider’s performance of its contractual obligations and the protection for the purchaser upon the certified provider’s default. [Formerly 128.405; 2007 c.661 §13; 2012 c.7 §2]
Note: See note under 97.923 (Definitions for ORS 97.923 to 97.949).
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Atty. Gen. Opinions

Embalming dead human body without prior authorization from surviving spouse or next of kin, (1981) Vol 41, p 457

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