Driftwood Cremation Centre Inc.

A Division of LOSAR Enterprises ( Thessalon ) Limited

Loyal D. Beggs, President, Merlyn S. Lawrence Manager /

54 Peachy Street, Box 280Thessalon, Ontario P0R 1L0

705-842-2520

By-Laws

  1. Identification of the deceased individual shall be made prior to the delivery of the deceased to the crematorium
  1. The Crematorium shall operate Monday through Sunday from 7am – 7pm by scheduled appointment. This does include holidays where necessary.
  1. Before cremation can take place, the following documents must be completed, approved and signed by the proper authority and delivered to the crematorium: a cremation contract, cremation application, coroner’s certificate and burial permit. Cremation shall not be permitted to take place without these documents in place.
  1. The deceased individual shall be received for cremation only in a fully combustible casket or container deemed appropriate and with a top, four sides and a solid bottom allowing the casket/container encasing the human remains to be moved by using a set of rollers.
  1. The deceased individual shall have been placed in the required container prior to arrival at the crematorium.
  1. Once received by the crematorium personnel, the casket or container shall remain closed unless permission is given by the purchaser or a judge allowing for a funeral director to open the casket or container. Under no circumstances shall crematorium staff be permitted to open the casket or container. The deceased shall be cremated in the delivered casket or container, which must be of readily combustible materials. All non- combustible parts on the outside of the casket / container will be removed prior to cremation if possible.
  1. The crematorium will not cremate a casket / container constructed of non-flammable or hazardous material or a material prescribed by the regulations under the Funeral Burial and Cremation Services Act 2002 of Ontario Regulation 30/11, nor will the crematorium cremate a body in which a pacemaker or other prescribed device is present. This does not limit the right to refuse to cremate, in any instance, and without assigning reasons.
  1. The crematorium will not under any circumstances cremate an individual with a radioactive implant, or an individual who has received microscopic radioactive treatment such asthera-seed. An implant heart pacemaker or other implant radioactive devices could explode during the cremation process and are to be removed by the funeral establishment or transfer service operator, or others before the deceased is delivered to the crematorium for cremation. The purchaser of the cremation services will be liable for any damages to the crematorium or crematorium staff resulting from failure to notify the funeral establishment, transfer service or any others responsible for the removal of such a device.
  1. A minimum of twelve ( 12 ) working hours is required before a cremation can take place.
  1. A minimum of twelve ( 12 ) working hours notice is required if relatives and friends desire to view the cremation process. A limited number of observers may be allowed to view the cremation process from a safe vantage point predetermined by the crematorium staff either before or during a cremation. Crematorium staff reserve the right to refuse access to family or friends without explanation.
  1. A stainless steel indentification tag shall be placed with the human remains throughout all stages of the cremation process, and the identification information and all other information pertinent to the cremation shall be retained on file by the crematorium for a period of not less than 6 years.
  1. Privacy policy: In the course of the crematorium carrying out the terms of this contract, “personal information”, as that term is defined in the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act will be provided by the purchaser to the crematorium. The crematoriumshall collect, use and disclose such personal information only in accordance with applicable law. The personal information provided to the crematorium is used only for the crematorium’s internal purposes and is not distributed to third parties for any other commercial purpose, except as required to carry out the terms of this contract. The crematorium shall keep all such information in strict confidence and shall only disclose such information if required by law. The crematorium shall only use such information for the purposes set forth herein unless the Purchaser provides the crematorium with his/her consent to do otherwise.