7 AAC 35.130. Definitions

In this chapter, unless indicated otherwise

(1) "department" means Department of Health and Social Services;

(2) "disinfectant fluid" means a fluid having a disinfectant value or carbolic coefficient of not less than four percent formaldehyde gas, or such other fluid as may be approved by the Commissioner of Health and Social Services in writing;

(3) "disinfectant solution" means an embalming fluid having a disinfectant of carbolic acid, a 1-500 solution of bichloride of mercury, a five-percent solution of formaldehyde, or other solution approved by the Commissioner of Health and Social Services in writing;

(4) "embalm" means to inject sufficient disinfectant and preservative material into the circulatory system of a dead body and to apply these materials internally and externally so as to arrest decomposition and to render the body sanitary and not a hazard to public health;

(5) "wash" means to bathe the entire surface of the body with a disinfectant solution, and to bathe or pack with cotton saturated with disinfectant solution the mouth, nose, and other body orifices;

(6) repealed 12/29/77;

(7) repealed 12/29/77;

(8) repealed 12/29/77;

(9) "funeral establishment" means every place or premises devoted to or used in the care and preparation for burial of the body or major portion of the body of a deceased person, or where dead human bodies are prepared for burial or other disposition;

(10) repealed 12/29/77.

History: Eff. 2/21/71, Register 37; am 12/29/77, Register 64

Authority: AS 18.05.040

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