Title: Identify requirements and procedure pertaining to cremains, calcination, and burial at sea.
Course: Introduction to Mortuary Science (14299) > Section: Planning the Funeral

Identification should include

- refrigeration of a body not buried or cremated within 48 hours
- signed cremation authorization
- signed identification
- medical examiner examination
- allowing the scattering of cremains
  - in specified private gardens
  - on private land
  - on certain zoned public land
  - with permission, on federal land
  - cremation certificate (for burial at sea).

Process/Skill Questions:

- What legal guidelines exist regarding burial at sea?
- What laws and regulations exist in Virginia regarding land burials?
- Why is a signed authorization for cremation before the procedure required?