Iowa Admin. Code r. 641-86.2
"Board" means the board of mortuary science examiners.
"Cremated remains " means the body of a deceased person, including any form of body prosthesis that has been permanently attached to or implanted in the body.
"Cremation " means the technical process, using heat and flame, that reduces human remains to bone fragments. The reduction takes place through heat and evaporation. Cremation shall include the processing, and may include the pulverization, of the bone fragments.
"Cremation chamber" means the enclosed space within which the cremation takes place.
"Cremation establishment" means a place of business which provides any aspect of cremation of human remains.
"Cremation room " means the room in which the cremation chamber is located.
"Department" means the Iowa department of public health.
"Funeral establishment" means a place of business, as defined by the board of mortuary science examiners, devoted to providing any aspect of mortuary science.
"Human remains" means a deceased human being for which a death certificate or fetal death certificate is required.
"Listed" means equipment or materials included in a list published by an agency that maintains periodic inspection on current production of listed equipment or materials and whose listing states either that the equipment or material complies with approved standards or has been tested and found suitable for use in a specified manner
"Preparation room " means a room in a funeral establishment where human remains are prepared, sanitized, embalmed or held for ceremonies and final disposition.
Iowa Admin. Code r. 641-86.2