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The Arrangement and Sale of Cryonic Services in BC Print E-mail
{July 21, 2006} Section 14 of The Cremation, Interment & Funeral Services Act continues to prohibit the sale in BC of an arrangement for the preservation or storage of human remains based on Cryonics and other processes with the expectation of resuscitation of human remains at a future time.

The section reads:

Prohibition on sales, and offers of sale, of Arrangements relating to cryonics and irradiation

14    A person must not offer for sale, or sell, an arrangement for the preservation or storage of human remains that is based on

(a)    cryonics,
(b)    irradiation, or
(c)    any other means of preservation or storage, by whatever name called,

and that is offered, or sold, on the expectation of the resuscitation of human remains at a future time.

This section of the Act does not prohibit funeral directors in BC from performing preparation and transport services related to a cryonic arrangement assuming that these services are in compliance with provincial health regulations (www.qp.gov.bc.ca/statreg/reg/H/Health/4_83.htm#part4 ) and human remains transfer regulations (www.qp.gov.bc.ca/statreg/reg/C/298_2004.htm ).

To be clear, should a consumer wish their remains to be preserved using cryonics, a BC funeral provider is not prohibited from performing any related services such as preparation and transport, as per the Cremation, Interment & Funeral Services Act regulations.