OAR 830-011-0065: Temporary Burial Permit

(1) The Oregon Mortuary and Cemetery Board (Board) may grant a temporary burial permit authorizing interment in a cemetery that does not hold a current, valid license or registration for the sole purpose of facilitating an at-need burial in accordance with ORS 692.025, Sec. 1, and only when the normal procedures for licensing or registration of a cemetery authority cannot be completed before burial must take place. (2) The burial permit request must be made on the most current application form provided by the Board and must include copies of all pre-qualifying pre-arrangement documents as well as evidence of the verification of plot location to be considered. A permit will not be granted when pre-arrangements or plot location cannot be produced or verified or when such documents are disputed. (a) Applicants must be directly associated with the cemetery authority, with a licensed party to the pre-arrangements, or with another qualifying person in accordance with ORS 692.025, Sec. 1, and (b) Must be working on behalf of person(s) requesting burial. (c) The application must also include the specific details of the planned burial and evidence that it will be performed by persons qualified to do so, and (d) All paperwork will be kept with the permit that was issued for the burial and filed at the OMCB with the copy of the permit until a permanent place can be decided upon. If the cemetery authority is not a party to the interment, the Board will maintain the records and provide to the appropriate party identified by the Board on the permit. (3) Permit holder shall only be responsible for any issues related to the permitted interment and not for any pre-existing conditions, contract terms or document errors made by the Cemetery Authority, nor for the condition of and continuing maintenance of the plot after closing. (4) Sections (1) and (2) shall be repealed on January 1, 2018.