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GA Code § 31-21-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 21 - Dead Bodies|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 31-21-4. Burial at Sea of Cremated Remains; Notification That Cremated Remains Are Ready for Interment; Unclaimed Cremated Remains

    Cremated remains may be taken by boat from any harbor in this state, or by air, for burial at sea at a point not less than three miles from the nearest shoreline. Cremated remains shall be removed from their container before such remains are buried at sea.   Any person who buries at sea, either from a boat or from the air, any human cremated remains shall carry out the burial services within 50 days from the reduction of the body to cremated remains and file with the local registrar of births, deaths, and other vital records in the county nearest the point where the remains were buried a verified statement containing the name of the deceased person, the time and place of death, the place at which the cremated remains were buried, and any other information that the local registrar may require. Burial services may be delayed until weather conditions improve if inclement weather prevents safe burial.     Any person who requests that a dead body be cremated shall provide the funeral establishment or other person responsible for the cremation an address at which such person can be notified when the cremated remains are ready for interment. Notification shall be made by first-class mail to such person at the address provided. If the cremated remains are not claimed for interment or other disposition within 60 days from the date that the notification is mailed, such remains shall be turned over to the coroner to be interred in a plot or niche in a cemetery where indigents are buried.     (Code 1981, §31-21-4, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 813, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 31.)
GA Code § 31-21-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 21 - Dead Bodies|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 31-21-5. Incineration or Cremation of Dead Body or Parts Thereof

  It shall be unlawful for any person to incinerate or cremate a dead body or parts thereof; provided, however, that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a crematory licensed by the State Board of Funeral Service pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 43 or to a hospital, clinic, laboratory, or other facility authorized by the Department of Community Health and in a manner approved by the commissioner of community health.   A person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.     (Code 1981, §31-21-5, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 992, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 12, § 2-31/SB 433.)
GA Code § 31-21-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 21 - Dead Bodies|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 31-21-6. Notification of Law Enforcement Agency Upon Disturbance, Destruction, or Debasement of Human Remains

  Any person who knows or has reason to believe that interred human remains have been or are being disturbed, destroyed, defaced, mutilated, removed, or exposed without a permit issued pursuant to Code Section 36-72-4, 12-3-52, or 12-3-82 or without written permission of the landowner for an archeological excavation on the site by an archeologist or not in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, and any person who accidentally or inadvertently discovers or exposes human remains shall immediately notify the local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction in the area where the human remains are located.   Any law enforcement agency notified of the discovery or disturbance, destruction, defacing, mutilation, removal, or exposure of interred human remains shall immediately report such notification to the coroner or medical examiner of the county where the human remains are located, who shall determine whether investigation of the death is required under Code Section 45-16-24.If investigation of the death is not required, the coroner or medical examiner shall immediately notify the local governing authority of the county or municipality in which the remains are found and the Department of Natural Resources. If the remains are believed to be those of one or more aboriginal or prehistoric ancestors of or American Indians, then the Department of Natural Resources shall notify the Council on American Indian Concerns.All land-disturbing activity likely to further disturb the human remains shall cease until:   The county coroner or medical examiner, after determining that investigation of the death is required, has completed forensic examination of the site;   A permit is issued for land use change and disturbance pursuant to Code Section 36-72-4; a permit is issued or a contract is let pursuant to subsection (d) of Code Section 12-3-52; or written permission is obtained from the landowner for the conduct of an archeological excavation; or   If such a permit is not sought, the Department of Natural Resources arranges with the landowner for the protection of the remains.     The provisions of this Code section shall not apply to normal farming activity including, but not limited to, plowing, disking, harvesting, and grazing of livestock.     (Code 1981, §31-21-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1790, § 3.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1992, this Code section was redesignated as Code Section 31-21-6 since Ga. L. 1992, p. 992, § 1, and Ga. L. 1992, p. 1790, § 3, both enacted a Code Section 31-21-5, and "archeologist" was substituted for "archaeologist" in subsection (a).   U.S. Code.   - The National Historic Preservation Act, referred to in this Code section, is codified at 16 U.S.C. § 470 et seq.
GA Code § 31-21-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 21 - Dead Bodies|Article 2 - Disposition of Unclaimed Dead Bodies|§ 31-21-22. Disposition of Bodies of Travelers Dying Suddenly

 Notice shall not be given nor shall any body be delivered pursuant to Code Section 31-21-21 if the deceased person was a traveler who died suddenly. In such cases, the next of kin shall be notified concerning the disposition of the dead body. If no next of kin is located, or no replies from next of kin are received, or the body is unclaimed within 72 hours, the procedure indicated in this chapter shall apply.   (Ga. L. 1887, p. 87, § 2; Civil Code 1895, § 1513; Civil Code 1910, § 1757; Code 1933, § 88-703; Code 1933, § 88-2703, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 25A C.J.S., Dead Bodies, §§ 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16 et seq.
GA Code § 31-21-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 21 - Dead Bodies|Article 2 - Disposition of Unclaimed Dead Bodies|§ 31-21-23. Distribution of Bodies by Board

 The board for distribution or its duly authorized agent may distribute bodies received pursuant to Code Section 31-21-21 to and among the schools or colleges described in Code Section 31-21-20 for lectures and demonstrations by such schools or colleges. The number assigned to each shall be based upon the number of bona fide students in each dissecting or operative surgery class, which number of students shall be reported by the schools or colleges to the above-specified board at such times as it may direct, provided that the schools or colleges, upon receiving such bodies and before any use is made of them, and without unnecessary mutilation or dissecting, shall cause them to be embalmed properly and preserved carefully and kept for a period of 60 days from the day of receipt and shall deliver them properly prepared for burial, cremation, or other proper disposition to any persons mentioned and described in Code Section 31-21-21, who shall claim such bodies before the expiration of the period of 60 days and who shall satisfy the officers of the school or college that they are such persons as are entitled under Code Section 31-21-21 to claim such bodies. If, at the expiration of 60 days, such body or bodies have not been claimed for burial in the manner and by the person or persons described in this article, they shall then be used by the schools or colleges for the purposes specified in this article. When the bodies have been so used and are no longer needed or serviceable for the purposes mentioned in this article, they shall be decently interred by the schools or colleges.   (Ga. L. 1887, p. 87, § 3; Civil Code 1895, § 1515; Civil Code 1910, § 1759; Code 1933, § 88-705; Code 1933, § 88-2705, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Disposition of unclaimed stillborn infants by university hospital.   - University hospital is without authority to dispose of bodies of unclaimed stillborn infants for a period of 60 days after the hospital's reception. 1952-53 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 174.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 22A Am. Jur. 2d, Dead Bodies, §§ 43, 45 et seq.
GA Code § 31-21-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 21 - Dead Bodies|Article 2 - Disposition of Unclaimed Dead Bodies|§ 31-21-24. Transportation of Bodies

 The board for distribution may employ a carrier or carriers for the conveyance of bodies described in Code Section 31-21-21, which bodies shall be well enclosed in suitable incasements and carefully deposited free from public observation. The carrier or carriers shall obtain receipts containing the deceased's name or, if the person is unknown, a description for each body delivered, and shall deposit such receipts with the secretary of the above board, who shall record and preserve them.   (Ga. L. 1887, p. 87, § 4; Civil Code 1895, § 1516; Civil Code 1910, § 1760; Code 1933, § 88-706; Code 1933, § 88-2706, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 22A Am. Jur. 2d, Dead Bodies, § 39.
GA Code § 31-21-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 21 - Dead Bodies|Article 2 - Disposition of Unclaimed Dead Bodies|§ 31-21-25. Bonds

 No school or college shall be allowed or permitted to receive any body or bodies described in Code Section 31-21-21 until a bond shall have been given to the Department of Community Health by or in behalf of the school or college by its authorized officers, to be approved by the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the school or college is situated and to be filed in the office of such clerk. The bond shall be in the sum of $5,000.00 and shall be conditioned that the body or bodies received thereafter by the school or college shall be used only in the manner specified in this article and solely for the promotion of medical science in this state. Actions thereon shall be in the name of the Department of Community Health, and any sums recovered shall be deposited in the state treasury.   (Ga. L. 1887, p. 87, § 5; Civil Code 1895, § 1517; Civil Code 1910, § 1761; Code 1933, § 88-707; Code 1933, § 88-2707, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 2007, p. 472, § 2/SB 204; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 1-4/HB 228.)
GA Code § 31-21-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 21 - Dead Bodies|Article 2 - Disposition of Unclaimed Dead Bodies|§ 31-21-26. Payment of Expenses

 Neither the state, county, municipality, nor officers thereof shall be placed at any expense by reason of delivery or distribution of bodies; but all expenses thereof shall be borne by those receiving the body or bodies as prescribed by the board for distribution.   (Ga. L. 1887, p. 87, § 8; Civil Code 1895, § 1518; Civil Code 1910, § 1762; Code 1933, § 88-708; Code 1933, § 88-2708, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Construction and application of "Municipal Cost Recovery Rule," or "Free Public Services Doctrine", 32 A.L.R.6th 261.
GA Code § 31-21-40 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 21 - Dead Bodies|Article 3 - Offenses|§ 31-21-40. Omission to Perform Duties Imposed by Chapter

 Any person having duties imposed upon him by Code Sections 31-21-20 through 31-21-24 who shall refuse or omit to perform such duties shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   (Ga. L. 1887, p. 87, § 9; Penal Code 1895, § 416; Penal Code 1910, § 409; Code 1933, § 88-9920; Code 1933, § 88-2711, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 22A Am. Jur. 2d, Dead Bodies, §§ 37 et seq., 42, 78, 79, 81, 92.   C.J.S.   - 25A C.J.S., Dead Bodies, §§ 30 et seq., 67 et seq.
GA Code § 31-21-41 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 21 - Dead Bodies|Article 3 - Offenses|§ 31-21-41. Traffic in Human Bodies

 Any person who shall sell or buy any dead human body or bodies or in any way traffic therein or transmit or convey, or procure the transmission or conveyance of any dead human body or bodies to any place outside of this state for purposes of sale or dissection, shall be punished by imprisonment and labor in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than ten years; provided, however, that the board for the distribution and delivery of dead bodies shall be empowered to make payments to next of kin as burial benefits amounts not exceeding those payable from time to time by the Social Security Administration.   (Ga. L. 1887, p. 87, § 6; Penal Code 1895, § 414; Penal Code 1910, § 407; Code 1933, § 88-9918; Code 1933, § 88-2709, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 589, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Funeral directors and establishments, embalmers, and crematories, T. 43, C. 18.   Anatomical gifts, T. 44, C. 5, A. 6.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 22A Am. Jur. 2d, Dead Bodies, §§ 38, 42, 81, 92.   C.J.S.   - 25A C.J.S., Dead Bodies, §§ 30 et seq., 67 et seq.   ALR.   - Construction and application of graverobbing statutes, 52 A.L.R.3d 701.   Validity, construction, and application of statutes making it a criminal offense to mistreat or wrongfully dispose of dead body, 81 A.L.R.3d 1071.
GA Code § 31-21-42 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 21 - Dead Bodies|Article 3 - Offenses|§ 31-21-42. Disinterment by Coroner Without Good Grounds

 If any person makes affidavit to facts to authorize the coroner to disinter a body or the coroner does so of his own motion and such affidavit is made or disinterment carried out without good grounds or from malice or mischief, the person so swearing or the coroner so officiating shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. In such cases, all circumstances shall be considered by the coroner's jury; and, if it believes there were reasonable grounds for the disinterment at the time it took place, it shall be its duty to acquit.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 568; Code 1868, § 632; Code 1873, § 591; Code 1882, § 591; Penal Code 1895, § 417; Penal Code 1910, § 410; Code 1933, § 88-9921; Code 1933, § 88-2712, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Authority of coroner and medical examiner to disinter bodies, § 45-16-45.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 18 Am. Jur. 2d, Coroners or Medical Examiners, §§ 4, 5. 22A Am. Jur. 2d, Dead Bodies, §§ 50, 54, 59, 60, 74, 75, 78.   C.J.S.   - 25A C.J.S., Dead Bodies, §§ 4, 19 et seq.   ALR.    - Constitutionality of statute or ordinance requiring, or permitting, removal of bodies from cemeteries, 71 A.L.R. 1040.   Removal and reinterment of remains, 21 A.L.R.2d 472.   Enforcement of preference expressed by decedent as to disposition of his body after death, 54 A.L.R.3d 1037.   Validity, construction, and application of statutes making it a criminal offense to mistreat or wrongfully dispose of dead body, 81 A.L.R.3d 1071.
GA Code § 31-21-43 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 21 - Dead Bodies|Article 3 - Offenses|§ 31-21-43. Removal of Dead Body From Grave for Purposes of Sale or Dissection

 Any person who shall remove a dead human body from any grave or other place of interment or from any vault, tomb, sepulcher, or from any other place for the purpose of selling or dissecting the same and any person who shall receive or purchase any dead human body knowing it to have been so disinterred or removed for the purpose aforesaid shall be punished by imprisonment and labor in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than ten years.   (Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 818; Code 1863, § 4438; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 233, §§ 1, 2; Code 1868, § 4479; Code 1873, § 4563; Code 1882, § 4563; Ga. L. 1887, p. 87, § 7; Penal Code 1895, § 415; Penal Code 1910, § 408; Code 1933, § 88-9919; Code 1933, § 88-2710, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1434, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 22A Am. Jur. 2d, Dead Bodies, §§ 50, 74, 75, 78.   ALR.    - Constitutionality of statute or ordinance requiring, or permitting, removal of bodies from cemeteries, 71 A.L.R. 1040.    Constitutionality, construction, and application of criminal statutes specifically denouncing offenses affecting cemeteries, burial lots, tombstones, and the like, 132 A.L.R. 557.   Removal and reinterment of remains, 21 A.L.R.2d 472.   Construction and application of graverobbing statutes, 52 A.L.R.3d 701.   Validity, construction, and application of statutes making it a criminal offense to mistreat or wrongfully dispose of dead body, 81 A.L.R.3d 1071.
GA Code § 31-21-44 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 21 - Dead Bodies|Article 3 - Offenses|§ 31-21-44. Wanton or Malicious Removal of Dead Body From Grave or Disturbance of Contents of Grave; Receipt, Retention, Disposal, or Possession of Unlawfully Removed Dead Body or Bodily Part

  It is unlawful for any person wantonly or maliciously to:   Remove the dead body of a human being from any grave or other place of interment or from any vault, tomb, or sepulcher; or   Otherwise disturb the contents of any grave or other place of interment or any vault, tomb, or sepulcher.     It is unlawful for any person to receive, retain, dispose of, or possess the dead body or any bodily part of a human being knowing it to have been removed unlawfully from any grave or other place of interment or any vault, tomb, or sepulcher. This subsection shall not apply to any person having duties imposed upon that person relating to the possession or disposition of dead bodies while in the performance of said duties, which persons shall include law enforcement personnel, coroners and medical examiners, operators of funeral establishments, cemetery operators, and medical and medical laboratory personnel.   Any person who violates any provision of this Code section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than five years, or by both such imprisonment and fine.    (Code 1933, § 88-2710.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1434, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 360, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 22A Am. Jur. 2d, Dead Bodies, § 78.   C.J.S.   - 25A C.J.S., Dead Bodies, §§ 30 et seq., 67 et seq.   ALR.   - Liability for desecration of graves and tombstones, 77 A.L.R.4th 108.
GA Code § 31-21-44.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 21 - Dead Bodies|Article 3 - Offenses|§ 31-21-44.1. Abuse of Dead Body

    A person commits the offense of abuse of a dead body if, prior to interment and except as otherwise authorized by law, such person willfully defaces a dead body while the dead body is lying in state or is prepared for burial, showing, or cremation whether in a funeral establishment, place of worship, home, or other facility for lying in state or at a grave site. The lawful presence of the offender at a place where the dead body is abused shall not be a defense to a prosecution under this Code section.   A person who is providing care to another person, other than in a hospital, either on a permanent or temporary basis, shall, upon the death of such person while in such person's care, be required to notify a local law enforcement agency or coroner or a relative of such deceased person within six hours of the discovery of the death of such person. Any person who intentionally violates the provisions of this paragraph shall commit the offense of abuse of a dead body.     Any person who violates subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than three years.     (Code 1981, §31-21-44.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 569, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1460, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 128, § 31.)
GA Code § 31-21-44.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 21 - Dead Bodies|Article 3 - Offenses|§ 31-21-44.2. Throwing Away or Abandonment of Dead Bodies Prohibited; Punishment

    Any person who throws away or abandons any dead human body or portion of such dead body shall commit the offense of abandonment of a dead body.   It shall not be an offense under this subsection to make final disposition of a dead human body or portion of such dead body under a death certificate issued under Chapter 10 of this title or the law of another jurisdiction by interment, entombment, inurnment, scattering of cremated remains, burial at sea, or any means otherwise authorized by law; nor shall it be an offense under this subsection for any law enforcement personnel, medical or medical laboratory personnel, hospital personnel, coroner or medical examiner, funeral director, embalmer, crematory operator, or cemetery operator to perform those duties or acts relating to possession or disposition of a dead human body or portion of such dead body which are otherwise imposed or authorized by law or lawful contract; nor shall use of a dead human body or portion of such dead body at or by an accredited medical school, dental school, college, or university for education, research, or advancement of medical or dental science or therapy be an offense under this subsection.     Any person who commits an offense of abandonment of a dead body as provided by subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than three years.     (Code 1981, §31-21-44.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 641, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-21-45 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 21 - Dead Bodies|Article 3 - Offenses|§ 31-21-45. Public Exhibit or Display of Dead Human Bodies of American Indians or American Indian Human Remains

  After December 1, 1992, it shall be unlawful to exhibit or display to the public dead human bodies of American Indians or American Indian human remains except in connection with:   Funeral or burial services;   Education or instruction as part of a course of study at an accredited university, college, or school; or   Educational exhibits or displays as may be allowed only with the express written permission of the lineal descendants of the deceased where such descendants can be identified or by the agent of the deceased's estate or, where there is no lineal descendant or agent of the deceased's estate, by the Council on American Indian Concerns created by Code Section 44-12-280.     Any person who violates this Code section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than two years.     (Code 1981, §31-21-45, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1790, § 4; Ga. L. 2000, p. 136, § 31.)
GA Code § 31-34-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 34 - Medical Professionals for Rural Assistance|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 31-34-1. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Physicians, Dentists, Physician Assistants, and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses for Rural Areas Assistance Act."    (Code 1981, §31-34-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1234, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 322, § 1/HB 866; Ga. L. 2017, p. 397, § 1/HB 427; Ga. L. 2018, p. 132, § 6/HB 769.)    The 2017 amendment,  effective July 1, 2017, inserted ", Dentists, Physician Assistants, and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses" in the middle of this Code section.    The 2018 amendment,  effective July 1, 2018, substituted "This article" for "This chapter" at the beginning of this Code section.