68-3-508 - Disinterment and reinterment. - Tennessee Statutes

68-3-508. Disinterment and reinterment.

(a)  Authorization for disinterment and reinterment, in cases of movement of cemeteries or parts of cemeteries or for reuniting families, shall be required prior to disinterment of a dead body or fetus.

(b)  Authorization shall be issued by the state registrar to a licensed funeral director or person acting as funeral director, upon proper application.

[Acts 1977, ch. 128, § 18; T.C.A., § 53-477.]