Embalming Documentation Chapter 1

Minimum Care Authorization When Embalming is Declined

Authorizes minimum care of the body. It provides a detailed description of "minimum care" that can be performed.

Authorization for Minimum Care Services

Authorizes minimum care when embalming is not requested. It gives the funeral facility permission to perform certain tasks to prepare the body for identification, viewing, or immediate cremation.

Green Funeral Release and Indemnification

Gives direction for disposition of the dead human body when a green burial (natural burial) is requested.

Authorization for Restorative and Cosmetic Care

Gives necessary permission when extensive or operative restoration work may be necessary in the preparation of the body.

Authorization to Prepare Donation Cases for Viewing

Is used when a funeral facility prepares a body where organs and/or tissues have been donated.

Embalming Authorization

Provides permission for embalming the body and indemnification of the funeral home.

Decedent Care Report

This form MUST be completed for EACH deceased human body brought into a funeral or an embalming facility. A copy of the report MUST accompany the body being shipped or transported to another funeral facility.

Attention Funeral Director

A form for bodies being shipped to another funeral facility. It describes the condition of the body at the shipping location and requests notification of any problems encountered by the receiving funeral facility. It is to be accompanied by a copy of the Decedent Care Report.

Viewing When NOT Advised Against by the Funeral Home

Used when the funeral home advises against viewing the body, for example, when the remains have been subject to trauma, fire, or decomposition, but the family DOES want to view them.

Identification of Remains of the Decedent

Verifies the identification of a decedent.