2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 19a-91. (Formerly Sec. 19-49). Transportation of bodies of deceased persons.
Sec. 19a-91. (Formerly Sec. 19-49). Transportation of bodies of deceased persons. The Department of Public Health may adopt such regulations, in accordance with
chapter 54, concerning the preparation and transportation of the bodies of deceased
persons to be removed from or into the limits of any town or into any adjoining state,
as the public health and welfare may require. Such regulations shall be signed by the
Commissioner of Public Health, and a copy thereof shall be mailed to each town clerk,
licensed embalmer and funeral director at least fifteen days before such regulations take
effect. Any person who violates any regulation of the department adopted pursuant to
the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than fifty dollars.
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced department and commissioner of health with department and commissioner of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-49 transferred to Sec. 19a-91 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and 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. 00-27 made technical changes, effective May 1, 2000.
See Secs. 7-64 to 7-72, inclusive, re disposal of bodies, disinterment and removal of bodies and re sexton's duties, generally.
See chapter 368i re anatomical donations.
See chapter 368j re cemeteries.
See chapter 368k re crematories.
See Sec. 19a-504 re removal of bodies of deceased persons from presence of patients in hospitals, residential care homes and rest homes.
See chapter 385 re embalmers and funeral directors.
See Secs. 53-331 to 53-334, inclusive, re penalties for offenses concerning burial practices and unlawful disinterment.
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