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Understanding Cremation in Montana: Costs, Regulations, and Personal Considerations

This guide provides essential information about cremation in Montana, covering personal concerns, financial aspects, and regulatory frameworks. Learn about the historical context, the increasing acceptance of cremation (65% in 2009), and key reasons for choosing this method, including cost savings and environmental considerations. Discover how government bodies regulate cremation services, the requirements for crematories, and the procedures involved before and after cremation, including authorization and the handling of remains.

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Understanding Cremation in Montana: Costs, Regulations, and Personal Considerations

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  1. Cremation MSU Extension MontGuide 200201 HR Updated February 2013

  2. Focus • Personal Concerns • Montana & Federal Regulations • Costs

  3. Marsha A. GoettingProfessor & Extension Family Economics SpecialistCorinne Cramer Former Extension Family & Consumer Sciences Associate Claire DelGuerraFormer Cascade County Extension Agent

  4. Historical Info • First Crematory • 1876 • Pennsylvania

  5. What percent of Montanans were cremated in 2009? • 85% • 76% • 65% • 42% • 31% • 12% 8 Countdown

  6. Cremation Acceptance • Montana—2009 • 65% rate • 5,664 cremations out of 8,739 deaths

  7. National Rate • Year 2009 • 38%

  8. Which state has the highest rate of cremations? • Alaska • Nevada • Hawaii • Montana • Maine • Florida 8 Countdown

  9. States

  10. Why Choose Cremation • National Survey • Cremation Association of North America

  11. Why Choose Cremation?? • Save Money 30% • Save Land 13% • Simpler &More Convenient 8% • Personal Preference 6% • Body not in Earth 6% Cremation Association of North America

  12. Why?? • Concerns for environment • Cold-weather constraints • Ease of transportation to distant burial sites

  13. Who Regulates? • Montana Board of Funeral Service • Montana Department of Labor & Industry

  14. Montana Board of Funeral Service • Administrative Rules • Standards • Licenses

  15. Federal Level • Federal Trade Commission (FTC) • Trade Regulation Rules • Itemized Price Info

  16. Who can authorize the removal of my body to a crematory?

  17. Removal of body? • Vital Statistics Bureau • DPHHS Form • “Authorization for Removal,Transportation, & Final Disposition of a Dead Body”

  18. Signature of One: • Coroner • Mortician • Physician or Designee • Certified Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

  19. Who Submits the Form? • Mortician • With appropriate signatures

  20. How many licensed crematories are in Montana? • 14 • 22 • 31 • 55 • 75 8 Countdown

  21. 22 Licensed Crematories • Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Great Falls, Hamilton, Helena, Kalispell, Livingston, Malta, Martinsdale, Miles City, Missoula, Polson, & Whitefish www.crematorydirectory.com

  22. What are the costs of cremation?

  23. What is the average cost of cremation? • $3,310 • $2,175 • $1,650 • $950 • $610 8 Countdown

  24. Comparison Cost • Cremation • $1,000 - $3,000 • Average cost $1,650 • Funeral • $7,755

  25. Cremation Costs • Funeral Homes • Must provide disclosure form • Itemizing Expenses

  26. Does my body have to be embalmed? • Not required unless certain funeral arrangements selected. • Private or public viewing

  27. Casket Required? • Not in Montana • Nationwide • 90% of cremations do not have casket

  28. Montana Requirements • Enclosed, rigid, leak proof container • Fiberboard • Pressed Wood • Cardboard

  29. FTC Rules • Must disclose in writing & make available: • Alternative container • Unfinished wooden box

  30. Authorization • Crematory must have written cremation authorization form • Signed by authorization agent

  31. Authorizing Agent • Person legally entitled to determine final disposition of human remains

  32. Priority Order • Unless other directions provided by deceased • Spouse • Majority Adult Children (not all) • Parent • Close relative of deceased

  33. In Absence of Family • Personal Representative • Public Administrator • Others as Designated by Montana Board of Funeral Service

  34. List Request • Prepaid funeral contract • Written disposition direction • Signed affidavit • Videotaped disposition

  35. Further Information • What Are Your Rights Over Your Remains • Search by title • www.montana.edu

  36. What is done with the body before cremation?

  37. Personal Possession • Remove • Jewelry • Mementos

  38. Pacemakers • Remove • Could damage • Authorizing agent held responsible

  39. Cremated with body • Prostheses • Mechanical • Devices • Implants

  40. Wait 24 hours • Signed Death Certificate • Crematory Authorization

  41. My ashes or others? • Identifying metal disc attached to each receptacle containing a body

  42. Identifying Disc • During cremation disc secured on control panel outside the chamber

  43. My ashes or others? • Number of identifying metal disc written on outside of receptacle 12

  44. Which survivors are ashes given to? • Individual specified by authorizing agent on cremation authorization form

  45. No Authorizing Agent • After 90 days: • Crematory has the authority for disposition of remains

  46. What should family do with ashes?

  47. Businessman • Put my ashes in an envelope and mail them to IRS. Write on envelope…”

  48. Now you have everything!

  49. Urns • Hardwood • Stone or Marble • Bronze, copper, or other metals • Biodegradable

  50. Urn Burial • Columbarium niche

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