Instructions For Disposition Of Person’S Remains

TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 11 MORTICIANS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS 54-1139. Instructions for disposition of person’s remains. (1) A person may provide written instructions as part of a prearranged funeral plan for disposition of the person’s remains by any lawful means. The person shall execute the prearranged funeral plan, containing the instructions, as provided in section 54-1133 , Idaho Code. (2)  As used in this section, "prearranged funeral plan" means a plan: (a)  For the final disposition of a person’s remains; and (b)  That has been funded in advance of the death of the person leaving instructions for the disposition of that person’s remains. (3)  A person, as part of a prearranged funeral plan, shall have the authority to sign all necessary or required forms, authorizations or agreements pertaining to the disposition of his remains including, but not limited to, a cremation authorization form. (4)  A person, as part of a prearranged funeral plan, may designate a person to make decisions regarding any substitutions under section 54-1137 , Idaho Code. (5)  To the extent any provisions relating to the disposition of a person’s remains are not clearly covered in a prearranged funeral plan, then the provisions of section 54-1142 , Idaho Code, shall apply. The mere ownership of a burial plot, with or without a headstone or marker, does not constitute a prearranged funeral plan.