NY Pub Health L § 4145 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 41 - Vital Statistics Title 4 - Registration of Deaths: Burial Permits 4145 - Deaths; Burial and Removal Permits; Disposition of Remains.

§ 4145. Deaths; burial and removal permits; disposition of remains. 1. No  person  in charge of any premises on which interments, cremations or other disposition of the body of a deceased person are made shall  inter or  permit  the  interment or other disposition of any body unless it is accompanied by a burial, cremation or transit  permit,  as  provided  in this article.   2.  (a)  The  funeral  director or undertaker shall deliver the burial permit to the  person  in  charge  of  the  place  of  burial  or  other disposition before interring or otherwise disposing of the body or shall attach  the  removal  or  transit permit to the box containing the body, when shipped by any transportation company, which permit shall accompany the remains to its destination, where, if within this state, it shall be delivered to the person in charge  of  the  place  of  burial  or  other disposition.  (b)  Any  person  or  other  entity  owning,  operating,  managing, or designated to receive the body of  a  deceased  person  at  a  place  of burial,  cremation,  or  other  final  disposition  in  this  state, who receives the body of a deceased person, shall provide a receipt for  the body  to  the  funeral  director,  undertaker or registered resident who delivered such body. Each receipt shall (i) be  endorsed  by  both  such person and the funeral director, undertaker or registered resident, (ii) indicate  the date the body was delivered, (iii) include the name of the funeral director, undertaker or registered resident delivering the  body and  the  registration  number  of  such funeral director, undertaker or registered resident, (iv) include the name  of  the  registered  funeral firm the funeral director, undertaker or registered resident represents, (v) include the name of the deceased person as it appears on the burial, cremation,  or  transit  permit, and (vi) include the name of the owner, operator,  manager,  or  person  in  charge  of  the  place  of  burial, cremation,  or  other  final  disposition  who  received the body of the deceased person. A copy of such receipt shall be retained by the  owner, operator,  manager,  or  person  in  charge  of  the  place  of  burial, cremation, or other final disposition for a period of not less than four years, and shall be made available for inspection  by  the  division  of cemeteries during normal business hours. The original copy of every such receipt  shall  be retained by the licensed funeral firm for a period of not less than four years pursuant to the rules and  regulations  of  the department governing the maintenance of records.   3.  The  person  in charge of the place of burial or other disposition shall endorse upon the permit, the date of interment,  or  cremation  or other  disposition  over  his signature, and shall return all permits so endorsed to the registrar of his district within seven  days  after  the date of interment, cremation or other disposition.   4.  When  burying  or  otherwise  disposing  of the body of a deceased person in a cemetery or burial place having no  person  in  charge,  the funeral  director  or  undertaker  shall  (a) sign the burial or removal permit, giving the date of burial; (b) write  across  the  face  of  the permit  the  words  "No  person  in charge; " and (c) file the burial or removal permit within three days with the registrar of the  district  in which the cemetery is located.   5.  The  person  in charge of the place of burial, cremation, or other disposition shall keep a record of  all  bodies  interred  or  otherwise disposed  of  on the premises under his charge, in each case stating the name of each  deceased  person,  place  of  death,  date  of  burial  or disposal,  and  name  and address of the funeral director or undertaker, which record shall at all time be open to official inspection.   6. For the purposes of this section, such  documents  required  to  be produced  under  this section may be signed by written instrument or the  use of an electronic signature, as that term is defined  in  subdivision three of section three hundred two of the state technology law, with the intent to execute the instrument, writing or electronic record.