Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE › Part XXVI - Burial, Transportation, Disinterment or Other Disposition of Dead Human Bodies › Chapter 1 - General Requirements › Section XXVI-101 - Permits [formerly paragraph 26:001-1]

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
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.
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).