Nev. Admin. Code § 433.150

Current through August 29, 2024
Section 433.150 - Disposition of remains from removal; request for removal by family member or tribe
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the human remains from a removal will be subject to cremation and inurnment or reinterment elsewhere at the discretion of the cemetery authority.
2. Upon the written request to the cemetery authority by a family member or the Native American tribe of the person whose remains are interred in the cemetery, the cemetery authority will allow for the removal by the family member or the Native American tribe. All documentation verifying the familial or tribal relationship must be attached to the written request, and the costs related to the removal must be paid by the family member or tribe.
3. Any removal must be conducted in accordance with the laws and ordinances of the constituted authorities of the city, county and State.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Cremation" means the technical process that reduces human remains to bone fragments by using heat and evaporation.
(b) "Inurnment" means the disposition of cremated human remains by inserting the remains in an urn and placing the urn in a crypt or niche.

Nev. Admin. Code § 433.150

Added to NAC by Div. of Men. Health & Dev. Services by R031-09, eff. 10-27-2009

NRS 451.080