§ 25-15-9-19 — Effect of signing final disposition authorization; liability

Indiana § 25-15-9-19

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 25: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
• Art. 15: EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS
• Ch. 9: State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service; Education

Text

(a) An individual who signs an authorization
for the cremation, interment, entombment, or inurnment of human
remains:
(1) is considered to warrant the truthfulness of:
(A) any fact set forth in the authorization;
(B) the identity of the person for whose remains cremation,
interment, entombment, or inurnment is sought; and
(C) the individual's authority to order the cremation, interment,
entombment, or inurnment; and
(2) is personally and individually liable to pay damages in
compensation for harm that:
(A) is caused by; or
(B) results from;
the signing of the authorization for cremation, interment,
entombment, or inurnment.
(b) A funeral home that relies in good faith on a signed
authorization for the cremation, interment, entombment, or inurnment
of human remains is not civilly or criminally liable or subject to
disciplinary actions for carrying out the disposition of the decedent's
remains in accordance with the instructions in the authorization.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.34-2011, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.6-2012, SEC.177.