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4145 - Deaths; Burial and Removal Permits; Disposition of Remains.

NY Pub Health L § 4145 (2019) (N/A)
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(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.

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4145 - Deaths; Burial and Removal Permits; Disposition of Remains.