10- 146 C.M.R. ch. 5, § 2

Current through 2024-25, June 19, 2024
Section 146-5-2 - Certificate Required
A. A completed death certificate which indicates that the physician or medical examiner has personally examined the body after death is required, in addition to the other permits specified in law and regulation, for any transport, storage, or final disposition of a dead body by anyone other than a funeral director.
B. A completed death certificate is not required prior to transport, storage, burial, or removal from the State by a funeral director, providing that a report of death and the other permits specified in law and regulation have been obtained.
C. A completed death certificate is required, in addition to the other permits specified in law and regulation, before a body can be cremated, buried at sea, or submitted to a facility for use by medical science.
D. A completed death certificate is required, in addition to the other permits specified in law and regulation, before a body can be removed from the State by anyone other than a funeral director.

10- 146 C.M.R. ch. 5, § 2