2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 19a-311. (Formerly Sec. 19-162). Inspection. Burial prohibited until certificate obtained.
Sec. 19a-311. (Formerly Sec. 19-162). Inspection. Burial prohibited until certificate obtained. Such structure shall be erected under the supervision of an inspector
to be appointed by the Department of Public Health, which shall determine the amount
of his compensation, such compensation to be paid by the person erecting the same. No
vault, crypt, niche, mausoleum, columbarium or structure, and no addition or alteration
thereof, shall be used for the purpose of interring therein any body until the person, firm
or corporation operating such structure has obtained from said department a certificate,
signed by the Commissioner of Public Health, certifying that the plans and specifications
filed pursuant to the provisions of section 19a-310 have been complied with, and that
the requirements for a maintenance fund provided for in subsection (b) of section 19a-312 have been complied with, which certificate shall be filed in the office of the town
clerk of the town wherein the community mausoleum is located, provided a columbarium
which is used solely as a repository for the remains, after cremation of deceased persons
and is located on the premises of any religious society or corporation shall not be subject
to the provisions of this section.
History: 1971 act excluded columbarium used solely for cremated remains and located on premises of religious society or corporation from provisions of section; P.A. 77-614 replaced department and commissioner of health with department and commissioner of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-162 transferred to Sec. 19a-311 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-180 made a technical change, effective June 3, 1996.
See Sec. 19a-314 re penalty for violation of this section.
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