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Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 1 and 2 (page 1, lines 2 to 25 in L.D.).
Amend the bill in section 3 in §1405 by striking out all of the first paragraph (page 1, lines 29 to 33 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
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AnyA person, firm or corporation within the State, with the approval ofafter obtaining a license from and paying a license fee to the Department of Health and Human Services may establish and maintain suitable buildings and appliances for the cremation of bodies of the dead and, subject to the regulationsrules of the department, may cremate such bodies and dispose of the ashes of the same. The department shall adopt rules to implement this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined by Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.’
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment removes provisions of the bill that included "cremation" in the definitions of "funeral establishment" and "practice of funeral service." It also maintains that crematoriums be licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services and requires the payment of a licensing fee. It designates rules adopted pursuant to the law as routine technical rules. It updates the grammar in current law on crematoriums.