(1) A public institution, medical college, county medical society, anatomical association, college of embalming or institution approved by the State Mortuary and Cemetery Board to accept bodies for education or research purposes under ORS 97.170.
(2) The customs or rites of any religious sect except as to the burial or other disposition of their dead.
(3) A person who picks up dead human bodies under the direction of a licensed funeral service practitioner for delivery to a licensed funeral service practitioner, a licensed funeral establishment, an authorized cemetery, an authorized crematorium or another authorized facility for final disposition of human remains pursuant to an agreement with the funeral service practitioner, if the person is not otherwise engaged in any of the activities of a funeral service practitioner, an embalmer, a funeral establishment, a death care consultant, a cemetery, a crematorium or an alternative disposition facility as described in ORS 692.025 or another authorized facility for final disposition of human remains as described in ORS 692.275.
(4) A person who picks up dead human bodies under the direction of a licensed funeral service practitioner employed by a funeral establishment registered under ORS 692.270 for transportation out of the state or for delivery out of the state to a funeral service practitioner, funeral establishment, cemetery, crematorium or alternative disposition facility pursuant to an agreement with the funeral service practitioner, if the person is not otherwise engaged in any of the activities of a funeral service practitioner, an embalmer, a funeral establishment, a death care consultant, a cemetery, a crematorium or an alternative disposition facility as described in ORS 692.025 or another authorized facility for final disposition of human remains as described in ORS 692.275. [Amended by 1957 c.596 §2; 1983 c.810 §5; 1985 c.207 §10; 1999 c.724 §5; 2009 c.709 §11; 2015 c.651 §7; 2021 c.296 §21]
Note: The amendments to 692.040 by section 21, chapter 296, Oregon Laws 2021, become operative July 1, 2022. See section 33, chapter 296, Oregon Laws 2021. The text that is operative until July 1, 2022, is set forth for the user’s convenience.
This chapter does not apply to any of the following:
(1) A public institution, medical college, county medical society, anatomical association, college of embalming or institution approved by the State Mortuary and Cemetery Board to accept bodies for education or research purposes under ORS 97.170.
(2) The customs or rites of any religious sect except as to the burial or other disposition of their dead.
(3) A person who picks up dead human bodies under the direction of a licensed funeral service practitioner for delivery to a licensed funeral service practitioner, a licensed funeral establishment, an authorized cemetery, an authorized crematorium or another authorized facility for final disposition of human remains pursuant to an agreement with the funeral service practitioner, if the person is not otherwise engaged in any of the activities of a funeral service practitioner, an embalmer, a funeral establishment, a death care consultant, a cemetery or a crematorium as described in ORS 692.025 or another authorized facility for final disposition of human remains as described in ORS 692.275.
(4) A person who picks up dead human bodies under the direction of a licensed funeral service practitioner employed by a funeral establishment registered under ORS 692.270 for transportation out of the state or for delivery out of the state to a funeral service practitioner, funeral establishment, cemetery or crematorium pursuant to an agreement with the funeral service practitioner, if the person is not otherwise engaged in any of the activities of a funeral service practitioner, an embalmer, a funeral establishment, a death care consultant, a cemetery or a crematorium as described in ORS 692.025 or another authorized facility for final disposition of human remains as described in ORS 692.275.