Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-396.30

Compliance with state and federal health and environmental laws –

Inspections.

A. No person shall dispose of the body of any deceased person

by cremation or other similar means, within this state, without

first having obtained from the Oklahoma Funeral Board an annual

license to operate a crematory.

B. Application for an annual license shall be made to the

executive director of the Board upon forms prescribed and furnished

by the executive director, shall give the location of the crematory,

and any other information as the executive director shall require,

and shall be accompanied by the crematory license fee pursuant to

Section 396.4 of this title. A crematory shall not be licensed

separately from a funeral or commercial embalming establishment but

shall be licensed in conjunction with and operated by a funeral

service or commercial embalming establishment. Annual licenses

shall expire on December 31 each year, shall specify the name or

names of the owners of the crematory and the location thereof, the

funeral director in charge, and shall not be transferable either as

to the ownership of the crematory, the funeral director in charge or

as to the location thereof. The first annual license issued for any

crematory at any location shall not be issued by the executive

director until the executive director has been satisfied:

1. That the crematory is, or will be, so constructed as to be

capable of reducing the body of a deceased person to a residue which

shall not weigh more than five percent (5%) of the weight of the

body immediately after death; and

2. That the crematory has at least one operable crematory for

cremation.

The requirement of paragraph 1 of this subsection may, but need

not, be waived by the executive director for any subsequent annual

license issued for the same crematory.

C. All funeral establishments performing cremations shall have

a licensed funeral director in charge.

D. Each funeral establishment performing cremation services

shall keep records as required by the Board to assure compliance

with all laws relating to the disposition of dead human remains and

shall file annually with the Board a report in the form prescribed

by the Board describing the operations of the licensee, including

the number of cremations performed, the disposition thereof, and any

other information that the Board may require by rule.

E. A funeral establishment performing cremation services shall

be subject to all local, state, and federal health and environmental

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requirements and shall obtain all necessary licenses and permits

from the Oklahoma Funeral Board, and the appropriate federal and

state health and environmental authorities.

F. Crematories licensed by the Board on the effective date of

this act shall be exempt from the provisions of subsections C, D and

E of this section.

G. All crematories shall be subject to inspection, at all

reasonable times, by the Board or its duly authorized agents or

employees.