(a) Any person knowing or having reasonable grounds to believe that unmarked human burials or human skeletal remains are being encountered shall notify immediately the Medical Examiner or the Director.
(b) When unmarked burials or human skeletal remains are encountered as a result of construction or agricultural activities, said activity shall cease immediately upon discovery and the Medical Examiner or the Director notified of the discovery.
(c) Human burials or human skeletal remains which are encountered by a professional archaeologist as a result of survey or excavations must be reported to the Director. Excavation and other activities may resume after approval is provided by the Director. The treatment, analysis and disposition of the remains shall conform to the provisions of this subchapter.
(d) The director shall notify the Chief Medical Examiner, Department of Health and Social Services, of any reported human skeletal remains discovered by a professional archaeologist.
66 Del. Laws, c. 38, § 1; 75 Del. Laws, c. 153, § 4.
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