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PDFWAC 308-47-075

Reduction facility requirements.

(1) Crematory facilities must:
(a) Only use a commercially produced crematory unit(s); and
(b) Employ a licensed crematory operator or operators.
(2) Hydrolysis facilities must:
(a) Only use a purpose built vessel as a reduction chamber which meets generally accepted standards of the death care profession;
(b) Employ a licensed alkaline hydrolysis operator or operators; and
(c) Comply with all other applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations.
(3) Natural organic reduction facilities must:
(a) Only use a contained reduction vessel that is designed to promote aerobic reduction and minimizes odors and vectors;
(b) Employ a licensed natural organic reduction facility operator;
(c) Comply with all other applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations; and
(d) Reach a minimum temperature of 131 degrees Fahrenheit for seventy-two consecutive hours during the reduction process.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 68.05.105 and 18.39.175. WSR 20-09-031, ยง 308-47-075, filed 4/6/20, effective 5/7/20.]