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Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 035 - Funeral Service Practitioners, Board ofSubagency 0001 - Funeral Service Practitioners, Board of
Chapter 4 - PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONAL FUNERAL SERVICE
Section 4-6 - Requirement for Shipment of Bodies out of Wyoming

035-4 Wyo. Code R. § 4-6

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Section 4-6 - Requirement for Shipment of Bodies out of Wyoming

No human remains may be removed from the state of Wyoming by a funeral service practitioner of another state without first obtaining the services of a permitted Wyoming funeral establishment, for the purpose of the filing of a death certificate and obtaining a burial-transit permit.

(a) Bodies dead of communicable diseases which could present a public health risk to the funeral service practitioner, other persons handling the dead human body, or to persons in attendance at a funeral service must be embalmed prior to removal from this state.

(b) Bodies dead of causes other than from communicable diseases may be removed from this state unembalmed if they are:

  • (i) Placed in a container which is resistant to the flow of fluids and air, a minimum of which would be a disaster pouch;
  • (ii) If shipment will take place after thirty-six (36) hours from the time of death, then the dead human body must be refrigerated or embalmed before shipment.

035-4 Wyo. Code R. § 4-6

Adopted, Eff. 1/8/2015.