035-6 Wyo. Code R. § 6-7
The funeral service practitioner or other person having charge of the preparation of the human remains for burial or the last rites and committal services shall have the right to be present, either in person or by his employees, at any stage of the cremation or chemical disposition of the human remains. Unauthorized persons may not be permitted in the retort area while any human remains are awaiting cremation or chemical disposition, in the process of cremation or chemical disposition, or being removed from the cremation or dissolution chamber.
(a) No crematorium or chemical disposition facility shall accept human remains for cremation or chemical disposition until it has received a burial-transit permit required by law and an authorization for cremation or chemical disposition signed by the nearest legal next of kin.
(b) Upon completing the cremation or chemical disposition process, all residual of the cremation or chemical disposition process shall be removed from the cremation or dissolution chamber and the chamber swept clean. The residual remains shall be placed in a container or tray in such a way that will ensure against commingling with other cremated or chemically processed remains. The identifier shall be attached to the container or tray to await final processing. All residual of the cremation or chemical disposition process shall undergo final processing.
(c) Should the cremated or chemically processed remains not adequately fill the container's interior dimensions, the extra space may be filled with packing material that will not become intermingled with the cremated or chemically processed remains and then securely closed.
(d) The outside of the container used to return the cremated or chemically processed remains shall be clearly identified with the name of the deceased person whose cremated or chemically processed remains are contained therein.
(e) If the cremated or chemically processed remains are to be shipped, the temporary container or designated receptacle ordered by the authorizing agent must be packed securely in a suitable, sturdy, pressure resistant, and properly sealed container.
(f) Cremated or chemically processed remains may be shipped only by a method that has an internal tracing system available and that provides a receipt signed by the person accepting the delivery.
035-6 Wyo. Code R. § 6-7
Adopted, Eff. 1/8/2015.
Amended, Eff. 10/7/2015.