Tribunal overturns revocation of crematorium licence for low-temperature alkaline hydrolysis operator, finding no public health risk.
The Registrar of the Bereavement Authority of Ontario issued an immediate suspension and proposed to revoke the crematorium licence of Newcastle Funeral Home (NCFH), which operated a low-temperature alkaline hydrolysis (AH) machine.
The Registrar alleged NCFH engaged in misleading advertising, failed to disclose its use of a low-temperature machine, operated an unkempt facility, and posed a public health risk because low-temperature AH was unproven to destroy prions.
The Licence Appeal Tribunal found that NCFH did not engage in misleading advertising or fail to disclose its process.
While the facility's condition during a June 2018 inspection violated the requirement to operate in a decent and orderly manner, NCFH had since rectified the deficiencies.
The Tribunal also found insufficient evidence that low-temperature AH fails to destroy prions or poses a public health risk.
The Tribunal directed the Registrar not to revoke the licence, concluding the 11-month suspension already served was sufficient.
OLATOntario Licence Appeal TribunalMay 23, 2019
