New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Chapter VI - Division of Cemeteries
Part 204 - Cremation Certification Course
Section 204.5 - Subjects of study for crematory operator certification course

Current through Register Vol. 45, No. 52, December 27, 2023

The certification course shall be divided into two subject matter areas. One subject matter area will address the New York statutes and regulations. Such statutes shall include all applicable sections of article 15 of the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law (N-PCL) relating to cremations with an emphasis on N-PCL section 1517 and the New York State Public Health Law, sections 3441, 4145, 4200, 4201, 4202, 4210(a), 4216, and 4218. S uch regulations shall include Part 203 of this Title and Part 219-4 of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Air Quality Regulations. The approved organization shall devote 20 percent of the total time allotted for the course to the New York statutes and regulations. The other subject matter area of course shall address the general and technical aspects of crematory operations. The subject matter area shall include but not be limited to the cremation process, cremation equipment, operation of cremation chamber, cremation terminology, crematory operator safety, and the identification of cremated human remains. The approved organization shall devote 80 percent of the total time allotted for the course to the general and technical aspects of crematory operations.

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