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18 V.S.A. § 5202a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5202a. Correction, completion, or amendment of death certificate

§ 5202a. Correction, completion, or amendment of death certificate|(a) Corrections; completions. Within six months after the date of death, the State Registrar may correct or complete a death certificate upon application by the certifying licensed health care professional, medical examiner, hospital, nursing home, or funeral director, if the application and relevant evidence, if any, show that the correction or completion is warranted.(b) Amendments. After six months from the date of death, any alteration of a death certificate shall be deemed an amendment. Upon application by a person specified in subsection (a) of this section, the State Registrar may amend the death certificate if the application and relevant evidence, if any, show that the amendment is warranted.(c) Appeal. If the State Registrar denies an application for a correction, completion, or amendment under this section, the applicant may petition the Probate Division of the Superior Court, which shall review the application and relevant evidence de novo to determine if the requested action is warranted. The court shall transmit a decree ordering a correction, completion, or amendment to the State Registrar, who shall take action in accordance with the decree.(d) Documentation of changes. The State Registrar shall make corrections, completions, and amendments in the Statewide Registration System. A corrected or completed certificate issued from the System shall be free of any evidence of the alteration and shall not be marked "Amended." Any amended death certificate issued from the System shall indicate the word "Amended" and the date of amendment. The State Registrar shall enter into and maintain in the System the identity of the person requesting the correction, completion, or amendment, the nature and content of the change, the identity of the person making the change in the System, and the date the change was made.(e) [Repealed.](f) Cause of death. The State Registrar shall only correct, complete, or amend the medical certification of the cause of death upon application by the medical examiner or certifying licensed health care professional. (Added 1979, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 25; amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 46, § 52, eff. July 1, 2018; 2018, No. 11 (Sp. Sess.), § I.9, eff. July 1, 2019; 2021, No. 15, § 4.)
18 V.S.A. § 5206
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5206. Penalty for failure to submit report of death

§ 5206. Penalty for failure to submit report of death|A licensed health care professional who fails to cause the medical portion of a report of death to be submitted within 24 hours after the death of a person, containing a true statement of the cause of such death, so far as these facts are obtainable, shall be fined not more than $100.00. (Amended 1963, No. 102, § 3, eff. May 22, 1963; 1969, No. 265 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; 2017, No. 46, § 51, eff. July 1, 2019.)
18 V.S.A. § 5207
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5207. Certificate furnished family; burial-transit permit

§ 5207. Certificate furnished family; burial-transit permit|Within 24 hours after death, the death certificate shall be made available upon request to the family of the deceased, if any, or the undertaker or person who has charge of the body. The certificate shall be filed with the person issuing the burial-transit permit obtained by the person who has charge of the body before such dead body shall be buried, entombed, or removed from the town. When the death certificate is so filed, the officer or person shall immediately issue a burial-transit permit under legal restrictions and safeguards. (Amended 2017, No. 46, § 53, eff. July 1, 2019.)
18 V.S.A. § 5208
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5208. Department of health; report on statistics

§ 5208. Department of health; report on statistics|(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of 2 V.S.A. § 20(d), beginning October 1, 2011 and every two years thereafter, the Vermont Department of Health shall report to the House Committees on Human Services and on Health Care and the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare regarding the number of persons who died during the preceding two calendar years in hospital emergency rooms, in other hospital settings, in their own homes, in a nursing home, in a hospice facility, and in any other setting for which information is available, as well as whether each decedent received hospice care within the last 30 days of his or her life. Beginning with the 2013 report, the Department shall include information on the number of persons who died in hospital intensive care units, assisted living facilities, or residential care homes during the preceding two calendar years.(b) [Repealed.]  (Added 2009, No. 25, § 16; amended 2013, No. 75, § 18a; 2017, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 4b, eff. May 21, 2018.)
18 V.S.A. § 5209
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5209. Death out of State; burial permit

§ 5209. Death out of State; burial permit|Whenever a dead body is brought into this State for burial or entombment accompanied by a removal permit issued under the laws of the state from which such body is brought, such permit shall be received as sufficient authority for burial; but if not accompanied by such permit, the person in charge thereof shall apply to the clerk of the town in which such body is to be buried for a burial permit, and the clerk shall issue such permit when furnished with such information as is required by law of this State as to the identity and cause of death of a person dying in this State.
18 V.S.A. § 5210
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5210. Form of burial or removal permit

§ 5210. Form of burial or removal permit|If it is desired to bury, entomb, or otherwise dispose of a dead body within the limits of a town where the death occurred, the certificate of permission shall state plainly the time, place, and manner of such burial, entombment, or disposition. If it is desired to remove a dead body from the town where the death occurred, the certificate of permission shall contain the essential facts contained in the certificate of death on which it is issued, shall accompany the body to its destination, and may be accepted as a permit for burial or entombment by a sexton or other person having the care of a cemetery, burial ground, tomb, or receiving vault.
18 V.S.A. § 5211
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5211. Unauthorized burial or removal; penalty

§ 5211. Unauthorized burial or removal; penalty|A person who buries, entombs, transports, or removes the dead body of a person without a burial-transit permit so to do, or in any other manner or at any other time or place than as specified in such permit, shall be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1969, No. 265 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; 2017, No. 46, § 54, eff. July 1, 2019.)
18 V.S.A. § 5212
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5212. Permit to remove dead bodies

§ 5212. Permit to remove dead bodies|(a) A person desirous of disinterring or removing the body of a human being from one cemetery to another cemetery or to another part of the same cemetery or from a tomb or receiving vault elsewhere shall apply to the clerk of the municipality in which the dead body is interred or entombed for a removal permit.(b) An applicant for a removal permit shall publish notice of his or her intent to remove the remains. This notice shall be published for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality in which the body is interred or entombed. The notice shall include a statement that the spouse, child, parent, sibling, or descendant of the deceased, or that the cemetery commissioner or other municipal authority responsible for cemeteries in the municipality may object to the proposed removal by filing a complaint in the Probate Division of the Superior Court of the district in which the body is located as provided in section 5212a of this title.(c) The municipal clerk shall issue a removal permit 45 days after the date on which notice was last published pursuant to subsection (b) of this section or, if an objection is made pursuant to section 5212a, of this title upon order of the court.(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a removal permit shall be issued upon application:  (1) when removal is necessary because of temporary entombment; or (2) to a federal, state, county, or municipal official acting pursuant to official duties; or (3) if the applicant has written permission to remove the remains from all persons entitled to object under section 5212a of this title.   (e) This section does not apply to:  (1) Unmarked burial sites that are subject to the provisions of subchapter 1 of this chapter. (2) The removal of "historic remains," which has the same meaning as in subdivision 5217(a)(1) of this title. (Amended 1985, No. 206 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 2, 1986; 2009, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)
18 V.S.A. § 5212a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5212a. Removal; objections

§ 5212a. Removal; objections|(a) Unless removal is otherwise authorized by law, a spouse, child, parent, or sibling of the deceased may, within 30 days after the date notice was last published under section 5212 of this title, object to the proposed removal by filing a complaint in the Probate Division of the Superior Court of the district in which the body is interred or entombed. A copy of the complaint shall be filed with the clerk of the town where the body is interred or entombed.(b) The Probate Division of the Superior Court shall, after hearing, issue its order authorizing removal of the body unless:  (1) removal would be contrary to the expressed intent of the deceased; (2) removal is objected to by the surviving spouse of the deceased; (3) removal is objected to by an adult son or daughter of the deceased and there is no surviving spouse of the deceased; (4) removal is objected to by a parent of the deceased and there is no surviving spouse or son or daughter of the deceased; or (5) removal is objected to by an adult sibling of the deceased and there is no surviving spouse, son or daughter, or parent of the deceased. (Added 1985, No. 206 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 2, 1986; amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)
18 V.S.A. § 5213
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5213. Removal; form and disposition of permit

§ 5213. Removal; form and disposition of permit|Such permit shall state specifically where such body is to be buried, cremated, or entombed and the time and manner of its removal. A town clerk issuing such a permit shall make it in duplicate if the body is to be removed from the town, one copy of which shall be delivered to the person having charge of the cemetery or tomb from which the body is to be taken and the other shall be delivered to the person having charge of the cemetery or tomb wherein it is desired to place the body. (Amended 1979, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 17.)
18 V.S.A. § 5214
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5214. Duties of sexton; no burial or removal without permit

§ 5214. Duties of sexton; no burial or removal without permit|A sexton or other person having the care of a cemetery, tomb, or receiving vault shall not receive or permit the burial or entombment of a dead body, or the remains thereof, in the cemetery or tomb of which he or she has charge, or the removal of a body therefrom, until there is delivered to him or her a certificate of permission issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
18 V.S.A. § 5215
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5215. Burial returns

§ 5215. Burial returns|A sexton or other person having charge of a cemetery, tomb, or receiving vault, during the first week of each month, shall deliver to the clerk of the town in which such cemetery, tomb, or vault is located the burial-transit and removal permits, properly certified, which he or she received during the preceding month. (Amended 1969, No. 265 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
18 V.S.A. § 5216
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5216. Penalty

§ 5216. Penalty|A sexton or other person having charge of a cemetery, tomb, or receiving vault who violates a provision of sections 5214 and 5215 of this title shall be fined not more than $500.00 nor less than $20.00.
18 V.S.A. § 5218
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5218. Determination of death

§ 5218. Determination of death|An individual who has sustained either irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, or irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions is dead. A determination of death must be in accordance with accepted medical standards. (Added 1981, No. 62, eff. April 30, 1981.)
18 V.S.A. § 5219
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5219. Persons missing and presumed dead; issuance of presumptive death certificate

§ 5219. Persons missing and presumed dead; issuance of presumptive death certificate|(a) On application of a spouse, parent, child, or other near relative, the Probate Division of the Superior Court may direct the Chief Medical Examiner to complete and sign a certificate of presumed death of a person who was a resident of the probate district and who has been absent for a continuous period of five years during which, after diligent search, the person has not been heard of or from or seen and whose absence has not been satisfactorily explained.(b) On application of a spouse, parent, child, or other near relative, the Superior Court may direct the Chief Medical Examiner to complete and sign a certificate of presumed death of a person who has been exposed to a specific peril of death and after diligent search, has not been heard of or from or seen. (Added 1989, No. 236 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 4, 1990; amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)
18 V.S.A. § 5221
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5221. Definitions

§ 5221. Definitions|For the purposes of this subchapter:  (1) "Fetal death" means a death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from the mother of a product of conception; the death is indicated by the fact that after such separation, the fetus does not breathe or show any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles. (Added 1973, No. 99, § 1.)
18 V.S.A. § 5222
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5222. Reports

§ 5222. Reports|(a) The following fetal deaths shall be reported by the hospital, physician, or funeral director directly to the Commissioner within seven days after delivery on forms prescribed by the board:  (1) All fetal deaths of 20 or more weeks of gestation or, if gestational age is unknown, of 400 or more grams, 15 or more ounces, fetal weight shall be reported; (2) All therapeutic or induced abortions, as legally authorized to be performed, of any length gestation or weight shall be reported; (3) Spontaneous abortions and ectopic pregnancies of less than 20 weeks gestation are not required to be reported.   (b) The physician who treats a woman as a result of a miscarriage or abortion shall report the fetal death if it is not known to be previously reported under subsection (a) of this section. If there is evidence of violence or other unusual or suspicious circumstances, the medical examiner shall be immediately notified, and he or she shall complete at least the medical items on the report. If a funeral director is to be involved, the physician may delegate to the funeral director the responsibility for completing items other than those of a medical nature. Similarly, the physician may delegate the responsibility for completion of nonmedical items to appropriate personnel having access to records containing the information.(c) If a fetal death occurs on a moving conveyance, the place of occurrence shall be given as the town or city where removal from the vehicle took place.(d) Fetal death reports are for statistical purposes only and are not public records. They shall be destroyed after five years. (Added 1973, No. 99, § 1.)
18 V.S.A. § 5223
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5223. Unidentified fetus

§ 5223. Unidentified fetus|A medical examiner shall investigate an unidentified fetus and shall prepare and file a report. If it cannot otherwise be determined, the place where the fetus was found shall be entered as place of fetal death. (Added 1973, No. 99, § 1.)
18 V.S.A. § 5224
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5224. Disposition of remains; permits

§ 5224. Disposition of remains; permits|(a) Fetal remains shall be disposed of by burial or cremation unless released to an educational institution for scientific purposes or disposed of by the hospital or as directed by the attending physician in a manner which will not create a public health hazard. Permission shall be obtained from one of the parents, if competent, for disposition in all cases where a funeral director is not involved. One copy of the fetal death report shall be printed in such manner that completion and signing by the physician or medical examiner shall constitute permission to make final disposition of the fetal remains.(b) When a funeral director is involved or when the fetal remains are to be privately buried or disposed of by a commercial crematory, the funeral director or other person taking charge of the remains shall obtain from the hospital or physician the disposition permit portion of the report and shall deliver it to the sexton or other person having care of the cemetery, tomb, vault, or crematory before burial or other disposition takes place. These permits shall be delivered each month to the clerk of the town in which burial or disposition took place, in the same manner as permits for burial of dead bodies; so also shall all other provisions of sections 5209-5216 of this title be applicable to fetal remains as are applicable to dead bodies.(c) When disposition of fetal remains is by means other than those specified in subsection (b) of this section and a funeral director is not involved, the disposition permit copy of the report shall be completed by the appropriate official of the hospital or by the physician or other person in charge of disposition and sent to the Commissioner within 10 days of such disposition. These permits may be destroyed after five years. (Added 1973, No. 99, § 1.)
18 V.S.A. § 5225
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5225. Penalty

§ 5225. Penalty|A person who violates a provision of this subchapter, unless another penalty is otherwise provided, shall be fined not more than $500.00. (Added 1973, No. 99, § 1.)
18 V.S.A. § 5226
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5226. Definitions

§ 5226. Definitions|For purposes of this subchapter:  (1) "Estranged" means a physical and emotional separation from the decedent at the time of death, which has existed for a period of time that demonstrates an absence of affection, trust, and regard for the decedent. (2) "Near relative" means the individuals listed in subdivisions 5227(a)(2) through (5) of this title. (3) "Right to disposition" means the right to determine the disposition of the remains of a decedent, including the location, manner, and conditions of disposition and arrangements for funeral goods and services. (Added 2007, No. 56, § 1.)
18 V.S.A. § 5228
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5228. Forfeiture

§ 5228. Forfeiture|An individual recognized under section 5227 of this title to have a right of disposition shall forfeit that right in the following circumstances:  (1) the individual is identified by a law enforcement agency as a person of interest and likely to be prosecuted or is under prosecution for first or second degree murder or voluntary manslaughter in connection with the decedent's death, if the status of the investigation or the prosecution is known to the funeral director or crematory operator, except that if the prosecution is not pursued or the individual is acquitted of the alleged crime before the remains are disposed of, the individual shall regain the right; (2) the individual does not exercise the right of disposition within three days of notification of the death or within five days of the decedent's time of death, whichever is earlier; (3) the Probate Division of the Superior Court pursuant to section 5231 of this title determines that the individual entitled to the right of disposition and the decedent were estranged at the time of death; or (4) as otherwise ordered by the Probate Division of the Superior Court. (Added 2007, No. 56, § 1; amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)
18 V.S.A. § 5229
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5229. Cost of disposition

§ 5229. Cost of disposition|The cost for the disposition of remains and funeral goods or services shall be borne by the decedent's estate, subject to the limits for insolvent estates imposed by 14 V.S.A. § 1205, or by any individual who agrees to pay the costs. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to require a funeral director or crematory operator to provide goods or services for which there is no payment. (Added 2007, No. 56, § 1.)
18 V.S.A. § 5230
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 18 - Health|Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies|§ 5230. Rights of funeral director or crematory operator

§ 5230. Rights of funeral director or crematory operator|A funeral director or crematory operator may determine the final disposition of remains and may file a civil action in Probate Division of the Superior Court against a person, estate, banking institution, governmental agency, or other entity which may have liability for the final disposition, either:  (1) to seek a declaratory judgment that the director's or operator's proposed action would be in compliance with the applicable provisions of law; or (2) to seek a judgment that the director or operator's action is in compliance with the applicable provisions of law and to recover reasonable costs and fees for the final disposition when:  (A) the funeral director or crematory operator has actual knowledge that there is no surviving family member, guardian, or individual appointed to arrange for the disposition of decedent's remains pursuant to chapter 231 of this title; (B) the funeral director or crematory operator has made reasonable efforts to locate and contact any known family member, guardian, or agent; and (C) the appropriate local or State authority, if any, fails to assume responsibility for disposition of the remains within 36 hours of written notice, which may be delivered by hand, U.S. mail, facsimile transmission, electronic means, or telegraph. (Added 2007, No. 56, § 1; amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)