§ 130A-113. Permits for burial-transit, authorization for cremation and disinterment-reinterment. - North Carolina Statutes

§130A‑113.  Permits for burial‑transit, authorization for cremationand disinterment‑reinterment.

(a)        The funeraldirector or person acting as such who first assumes custody of a dead body orfetus which is under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner shall obtain aburial‑transit permit signed by the medical examiner prior to finaldisposition or removal from the State and within five days after death.

(b)        A dead body shallnot be cremated or buried at sea unless the provisions of G.S. 130A‑388are met.

(c)        A permit fordisinterment‑reinterment shall be required prior to disinterment of adead body or fetus except as otherwise authorized by law or rule. The permitshall be issued by the local registrar to a funeral director, embalmer or otherperson acting as such upon proper application.

(d)        No dead body orfetus shall be brought into this State unless accompanied by a burial‑transitor disposal permit issued under the law of the state in which death ordisinterment occurred. The permit shall be final authority for finaldisposition of the body or fetus in this State.

(e)        The local registrarshall issue a burial‑transit permit for the removal of a dead body orfetus from this State if the requirements of G.S. 130A‑112 are met andthat the death is not under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner. (1973,c. 873, s. 2; 1977, c. 163, s. 2; 1983, c. 891, s. 2.)