167.12 - DISPOSING OF BODIES. - Iowa Statutes

167.12 DISPOSING OF BODIES. The following requirements shall be observed in the disposal of such bodies: 1. Cooking vats or tanks shall be airtight, except proper escapes for live steam. 2. Steam shall be so disposed of as not to cause unnecessary annoyance or create a nuisance. 3. The skinning and dismembering of bodies shall be done within said building. 4. The building shall be so situated and arranged, and the business therein so conducted, as not to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property. 5. Such portions of bodies as are not entirely consumed by cooking or burning shall be disposed of by burying as hereafter provided, or in such manner as the department may direct. 6. In case of disposal by burying, the burial shall be to such depth that no part of such body shall be nearer than four feet to the natural surface of the ground, and every part of such body shall be covered with quicklime, and by at least four feet of earth. 7. All bodies shall be disposed of within twenty-four hours after death.          Section History: Early Form [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2755; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 167.12]