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Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERALPart V - Child WelfareSubpart 45 - Vital Records
Chapter 123 - Preparation of Certificates
Section V-12311 - Burial Transit Permit

La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § V-12311

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Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section V-12311 - Burial Transit Permit
A. Burial transit permits shall be issued as required by R.S. 40:52, 40:53 and prepared as set forth in Chapter XXVI of the Sanitary Code, state of Louisiana.
B. The burial transit permit shall be issued only on forms provided by the State Registrar of Vital Records and shall consist of three sections: the first section shall be prepared by the State Registrar or his designee to whom the certificate of death is presented, and shall be prepared as follows.
1. Name of Deceased. Enter the name of the deceased as it appears on the certificate of death. In the event of a stillbirth (fetal death), enter "stillbirth of and the mother's name.
2. Sex. Enter the sex of the deceased as it appears on the certificate of death.
3. Color. Enter the racial identity of the deceased as it appears on the certificate of death.
4. Age. Enter the age of the deceased as it appears on the certificate of death.
5. Place of Death. Enter the city, town or location of death as it appears on the certificate of death.
6. Parish. Enter the parish of death as it appears on the certificate of death.
7. Ward-Omit
8. Date of Death. Enter the date of death as it appears on the certificate of death.
9. Issued To. Enter the name of the funeral director or person acting as such and the business address of that person.
10. Issued By. The signature of the local registrar, parish and date of issue are to be entered.
11. The second section of the permit shall be completed and signed by the funeral director or other person designated as custodian of the body, and shall contain a statement as to the method of embalming or preparation for final disposition and the date thereof.
12. The third section shall be filled out and signed by the section or person in charge of burial or other disposition, and shall contain a statement as to the method of final disposal, date and name and location of the cemetery or crematory and the lot number if burials is in a cemetery.
B. The burial transit permit shall be prepared in duplicate with the carbon retained by the local registrar. The sexton or person in charge of the final disposal of the body or remains shall return the original burial transit permit to the parish of burial within 10 days. The burial transit permits shall be retained by the local registrar for a period of not less than three years at the end of which time they shall be shipped to the vital records registry.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § V-12311

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Preventive and Public Health Services, LR 13:246 (April 1987).
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R. S. 40:32 et seq.