§ 31-21-42. Disinterment by Coroner Without Good Grounds
If any person makes affidavit to facts to authorize the coroner to disinter a body or the coroner does so of his own motion and such affidavit is made or disinterment carried out without good grounds or from malice or mischief, the person so swearing or the coroner so officiating shall be guilty of a […]
§ 31-21-43. Removal of Dead Body From Grave for Purposes of Sale or Dissection
Any person who shall remove a dead human body from any grave or other place of interment or from any vault, tomb, sepulcher, or from any other place for the purpose of selling or dissecting the same and any person who shall receive or purchase any dead human body knowing it to have been so […]
§ 31-21-44. Wanton or Malicious Removal of Dead Body From Grave or Disturbance of Contents of Grave; Receipt, Retention, Disposal, or Possession of Unlawfully Removed Dead Body or Bodily Part
It is unlawful for any person wantonly or maliciously to: Remove the dead body of a human being from any grave or other place of interment or from any vault, tomb, or sepulcher; or Otherwise disturb the contents of any grave or other place of interment or any vault, tomb, or sepulcher. It is unlawful […]
§ 31-21-4. Burial at Sea of Cremated Remains; Notification That Cremated Remains Are Ready for Interment; Unclaimed Cremated Remains
Cremated remains may be taken by boat from any harbor in this state, or by air, for burial at sea at a point not less than three miles from the nearest shoreline. Cremated remains shall be removed from their container before such remains are buried at sea. Any person who buries at sea, either from […]
§ 31-21-5. Incineration or Cremation of Dead Body or Parts Thereof
It shall be unlawful for any person to incinerate or cremate a dead body or parts thereof; provided, however, that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a crematory licensed by the State Board of Funeral Service pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 43 or to a hospital, clinic, laboratory, or other facility […]
§ 31-21-6. Notification of Law Enforcement Agency Upon Disturbance, Destruction, or Debasement of Human Remains
Any person who knows or has reason to believe that interred human remains have been or are being disturbed, destroyed, defaced, mutilated, removed, or exposed without a permit issued pursuant to Code Section 36-72-4, 12-3-52, or 12-3-82 or without written permission of the landowner for an archeological excavation on the site by an archeologist or […]
§ 31-21-7. Preneed Contracts and Revisions; Affidavit on Disposition of Remains; Role of Probate Court; Warrant as to Truthfulness; Liability of Funeral Home
A person who is 18 years of age or older and of sound mind, by entering into a preneed contract, as defined in paragraph (30) of Code Section 10-14-3, may direct the location, manner, and conditions of the disposition of the person’s remains and the arrangements for funeral goods and services to be provided upon […]
§ 31-21-20. Board for the Distribution of Cadavers
The academic deans of medical, osteopathic medical, and dental colleges or a representative appointed by the president of such schools incorporated under the laws of this state or otherwise operating in this state with authorization from the Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission shall constitute the Board for the Distribution of Cadavers to expedite the distribution and […]
§ 31-21-21. Delivery to Board of Certain Unclaimed Bodies
All public officers of this state and their assistants and all officers and their deputies of every county, city, town, or other municipality and of every prison, county correctional institution, morgue, public hospital, health care facility, except the Central State Hospital which institution shall have authority to perform autopsies on the dead bodies of persons […]
§ 31-21-1. Approved Disinfectant; “Embalming” Defined
An approved disinfectant fluid shall contain not less than 5 percent formaldehyde gas. As used in this chapter, the term “embalming” means the injection by a licensed embalmer of not less than 10 percent of the weight for bodies of persons dead of communicable diseases, such as smallpox and diphtheria, injected arterially in addition to […]