CONNECTICUT STATUTES AND CODES
Sec. 19a-313. (Formerly Sec. 19-161a). Burials above ground restricted.
Sec. 19a-313. (Formerly Sec. 19-161a). Burials above ground restricted. No
person shall be buried, interred or entombed in any burying ground, or in any vault,
niche, crypt, columbarium, mausoleum or structure wholly or partially above the surface
of the ground, unless such burying ground or structure is located within the confines of
an established cemetery which is owned, managed or controlled by a municipality,
ecclesiastical society, cemetery association or corporation, as provided in this chapter,
or a private burying ground or structure approved by the Department of Public Health.
(P.A. 75-138; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec.
19-161a transferred to Sec. 19a-313 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department 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.