69K-13.002. Definitions

(1) “Class “A” or chapel mausoleum” means a mausoleum that has heat and/or air conditioning, with or without a committal area or chapel or office(s), single or multi-story, with any number of crypts, and burial rights in all crypts are available for purchase by the general public. This type of mausoleum may be a single building or a phase of an ongoing mausoleum construction project.

(2) “Class “B” or garden mausoleum” means a mausoleum, single or multi-story, with any number of crypts, that is built without any heat or air conditioning but may contain an “open air” committal area and burial rights in all crypts are available for purchase by the general public. This type of mausoleum may be a single building or a phase of an ongoing mausoleum construction project.

(3) “Class “C” or family mausoleum” means a mausoleum pre-assembled within or without the State of Florida and purchased by a family or group of family members in which burial rights in individual crypts or niches are not sold to the general public.

(4) “Class “D” or non-visitation crypt mausoleum” means a mausoleum with remote memorialization burial rights which are available for sale to the general public. These crypts by design and location are not able to be seen, touched or visited by the general public, but the crypts are accessible to authorized persons of the cemetery or specific representatives of the Department of Financial Services, Board of Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services and local government inspection personnel. These crypts are to be constructed to the same standard as Class “A” and Class “B” mausoleum crypts.

(5) “Significant alteration or renovation” means any addition, renovation, or repair which results in the creation of new crypts or new niches.

Specific Authority 497.103 FS. Law Implemented 497.271 FS. History–New 11-9-00, Formerly 3F-13.002.