Wisconsin Code § 440.70

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As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Authorization form” means a form specified in s. 440.73.
(3) “Business entity” has the meaning given in s. 452.01 (3j).
(4) “Columbarium” means a building, structure, or part of a
building or structure that is used or intended to be used for the inurnment of cremated remains.
(5) “Cremated remains” means human remains recovered
from the cremation of a human body or body part and the residue
of a container or foreign materials that were cremated with the
body or body part.
(6) “Cremation” means the process of using heat to reduce
human remains to bone fragments and includes processing or pulverizing the bone fragments.
(7) “Cremation chamber” means an enclosed space within
which cremation takes place.
(8) “Crematory” means a building or portion of a building
within which a cremation chamber is located.
(9) “Crematory authority” means a person who owns or operates a crematory.
(10) “Funeral director” has the meaning given in s. 445.01
(5).
(11) “Funeral establishment” has the meaning given in s.
445.01 (6).
(12) “Human remains” means the body or part of the body of
a deceased individual.
(14) “Niche” means a space in a columbarium that is used or
intended to be used for the inurnment of cremated remains.

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