La. Admin. Code tit. 51 § XXVI-101

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XXVI-101 - Permits [formerly paragraph 26:001-1]

A. The state health officer shall provide a permit for the burial, cremation, entombing, removal, transportation by common carrier or other disposition of dead human bodies as defined by R.S. 40:32; to be known as the burial-transit permit, and no other permit shall be necessary for any other the above dispositions.

B. [Formerly paragraph 26:001-2] The burial-transit permit shall consist of three sections: The first section shall be executed by the State Registrar of Vital Records or his designated agent to whom the certificate of death is presented and shall contain the following information: full name, race, age and sex of the deceased, the place of death, date of death and a space for a statement by the registrar that a certificate of death has been filed and that permission is granted to a stated party to dispose of the corpse. The second section of the permit shall be filled out and signed by the funeral director or other person designated as custodian of the body, and shall contain a statement as to the method of embalming or preparation for final disposition and date thereof. The third section shall be filled out and signed by the sexton or person in charge of burial or other final disposal, and shall contain a statement as to the method of final disposal, date, and name and location of cemetery or crematory, and lot number if burial is in a cemetery.

C. [Formerly paragraph 26:001-3] When dead bodies are shipped by common carrier, the burial-transit permit shall be securely attached to the shipping case in an envelope and shall accompany the remains to their destination.

D. [Formerly paragraph 26:001-4] Within 10 days after burial, cremation or other disposal, the sexton of the cemetery, or other such person in charge of the disposal, shall execute the third section of the burial-transit permit, transcribe the date thereon to the record of the cemetery, and shall forward the permit to the registrar of the parish where the burial or other such disposal occurred.

E. [Formerly paragraph 26:001-5] The burial-transit permits of the other states (including foreign countries) shall be accepted as authorization for burial in the same manner as if the permit had been issued by the State Registrar of Vital Records.

F. [Formerly paragraph 26:002] The local registrar shall file and preserve the executed burial-transit permits which are returned to him by the sexton or other such persons.

La. Admin. Code tit. 51, § XXVI-101

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:1448 (June 2002).

AUTHORITY NOTE: The first source of authority for promulgation of the sanitary code is in R.S. 36:258(B), with more particular provisions found in Chapters 1 and 4 of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes. This Part is promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:4(A)(3) and R.S. 40:5(14).