28 Pa. Code § 1.25 - Disinterment of dead human bodies
(a)
Permit. No dead human
body shall be removed from its place of interment unless a disinterment permit
is first secured from a local registrar who is authorized to issue a
disinterment permit, according to the following requirements:
(1) The funeral director or cemetery official
making the application shall present to the local registrar the correct name,
date of death and cause of death of the body to be disinterred and written
consent of next of kin, or appropriate order from a court of competent
jurisdiction.
(2) No disinterred
body shall be reinterred either in the same cemetery or another cemetery
located in this Commonwealth unless a burial or removal permit is
obtained.
(3) Disinterment permits
shall be void after the expiration of 72 hours from the date of issue and no
disinterment may be made between sunset and sunrise.
(4) Disinterment permits shall be delivered
to the sexton or other person in charge of burial grounds in which the
disinterments are to be made and shall be returned by him to the local
registrar of the district where the body is reinterred within 30 days from the
date the permit was issued.
(b)
Authorization.
Disinterments shall be authorized during any month of the year.
(c)
Transportation. Except
when the remains are found to be thoroughly desiccated, the transportation by
public conveyance or common carrier of a disinterred body shall be forbidden
unless the remains are encased in a hermetically sealed container. When a
disinterred body is to be transported by common carrier, certification as to
the facts in the case shall be presented by the qualified person in charge of
the removal to the local registrar of the district in which the disinterment is
made and from which the body is to be transported. The local registrar shall
issue a proper permit and no disinterred body may be transported without the
permit.
(d)
Exhumation and
exposure. The remains of a dead body may not be exhumed and exposed to
view without an order from a court of competent jurisdiction.
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