2006 Code of Virginia § 32.1-265 - Transit permits; permits for disinterment and reinterment

32.1-265. Transit permits; permits for disinterment and reinterment.

A. The funeral director or other person who first assumes custody of a deadbody or fetus shall obtain an out-of-state transit permit prior to removalfrom the Commonwealth of the body or fetus.

B. Such out-of-state transit permit shall be issued by the registrar of thedistrict where a satisfactorily completed certificate of death or fetal deathwas filed.

C. A transit permit issued under the law of another state which accompanies adead body or fetus brought into this Commonwealth shall be authority forfinal disposition of the body or fetus in this Commonwealth.

D. No permit shall be required where disposal of dead bodies or fetuses fordeaths or fetal deaths which have occurred in this Commonwealth is to be madein this Commonwealth.

E. A permit for disinterment and reinterment shall be required prior todisinterment of a dead body or fetus except as authorized by regulation ofthe Board or otherwise provided by law. Such permit shall be issued by theState Registrar or the registrar of the county or city where the body orfetus is interred to a licensed funeral director.

(Code 1950, 32-353.22; 1960, c. 451; 1970, c. 699; 1979, c. 711.)