The director in the case of a public establishment or its qualified body in the case of a private establishment sets the prices for stays in mortuary rooms beyond the three-day period provided for in l’article R. 2223-89.
When the transfer of the body to the mortuary room requires leaving the grounds of a health establishment or an accommodation establishment for the elderly or one of their sites, the transport without coffining is carried out with the agreement of the head of the establishment, under the conditions provided for in 2° and 3° of article R. 2213-8-1 and in article R. 2213-9. When the transfer referred to in…
An order of the minister responsible for health determines the operating conditions of mortuary chambers.
Health establishments other than those mentioned in Article R. 2223-90, as well as establishments providing accommodation for the elderly mentioned in 6° of the Code de l’action sociale et des familles, may create and manage mortuary rooms under the conditions defined in articles R. 2223-91 to R. 2223-96.
Health establishments and the establishments mentioned in Article L. 312-1of the Code de l’action sociale et des familles may not be authorised to manage the funeral chambers mentioned in Article L. 2223-38. They may not authorise in any form whatsoever the installation of a burial chamber on their premises or on one of their plots.
The crematorium, as defined in Article L. 2223-40, must comply with the requirements laid down in articles D. 2223-100 to D. 2223-103.
Silence kept for more than six months on the request for the creation and extension of crematoria provided for by Article L. 2223-40 is deemed to be a decision to reject.
A crematorium comprises a public area reserved for families and a technical area reserved for professionals. It is designed in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 112-2 of the Construction and Housing Code. The public area of the crematorium reserved for the reception of families complies with the regulations applicable to establishments open to the public, in particular the provisions of the fire safety regulations. The technical area and…
The minimum height of the chimney’s open-air outlet and the maximum quantities of pollutants assessed by sampling and analysis in the gases discharged into the atmosphere are defined by order of the Minister for Health issued after consultation with the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail.
The crematorium is subject to a compliance inspection by an inspection body accredited for these activities by the French Committee for Accreditation (COFRAC) or by any other accreditation body that is a member of the European Cooperation for Accreditation and has signed the multilateral mutual recognition agreements covering the activity in question in accordance with the general criteria relating to the operation of the different types of bodies carrying out…
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