Burial, Removal or Cremation of Dead Bodies

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  5. Burial, Removal or Cremation of Dead Bodies

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Section
3151

Permit for removal, burial or other disposition; foreign permits; prerequisites for permit.

Section
3152

Burial/transit permits for shipment of corpses — Required.

Section
3153

Disinterment — Rules and regulations.

Section
3154

Authorization for disinterment and reinterment.

Section
3155

Permits for disinterment of bodies buried in Kent or Sussex County before January 1, 1893.

Section
3156

Disinterment from condemned land.

Section
3157

Cremation; prohibited except in licensed crematory.

Section
3158

Crematory; approval for construction; requirements; inspection.

Section
3159

Permit for cremation; issuance, retention and inspection.

Section
3160

Report of cremation.

Section
3161

Delivery, transportation and disposal of ashes.

Section
3162

Witnesses at cremation.

Section
3163

Permit where death occurs in this State and cremation takes place elsewhere.

Section
3164

Cremation in this State when death occurred elsewhere.

Section
3165-3169

[Repealed].