(a) Any funeral home licensed to do business in the Virgin Islands, or individual or corporation formed under the laws of this territory with at least three (3) years training in mortuary science or five (5) years of operating experience, may erect, maintain and operate a crematory in the territory and provide the necessary appliances […]
The Department of Health may erect, maintain and operate a crematory for the cremation after dead bodies which have been held in its morgue for at least one year, and have not been identified or claimed. The crematory shall be erected, maintained and operated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and shall be […]
The managers of each crematory shall keep books of record, which shall be open at reasonable times for inspection, in which shall be entered the name, age, sex and residence of each dead body cremated, together with the authority for such cremation and the disposition of the ashes. The owner or manager of each crematory […]
(a) A dead body may be disposed of by cremation in the Territory of the Virgin Islands, or may be removed from the Territory for such purpose. If death occurred in the Virgin Islands, the death certificate required by law shall be filed with the registrar of vital statistics for the island in which the […]
Any person who makes any false statement in procuring any permit required by this chapter, or who removes any dead body from this Territory for the purpose of cremation upon an ordinary removal permit, or who violates any provision of this chapter, upon conviction shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned […]
