Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-67
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Sec. 7-67. Applications for and issuance of disinterment permits.
Official statutory text
(b) An embalmer or funeral director licensed by the department or licensed by a state having a reciprocal agreement on file with the department, or an individual designated by an order issued by a judge of the Superior Court, pursuant to the provisions of section 19a-413 , may apply for a disinterment permit. Such application shall be made to the registrar of vital statistics of the town where the body is buried or to the registrar of vital statistics of the town where the death occurred. The disinterment permit shall state the place where the body is presently interred and the place where the body will be reinterred.
(c) No permit for the disinterment of the body of any deceased person shall be issued in any case where the death was caused by a communicable disease, except by the permission and under the direction of the local director of health of the town where the body is interred.
See Sec. 19a-324 re penalty for failure to obtain permit or for making false statements in procuring permit.
See Sec. 53-334 re penalty for unlawful disinterment.
See Sec. 54-50 re reward for information concerning unlawful disinterment of corpse.
(c) No permit for the disinterment of the body of any deceased person shall be issued in any case where the death was caused by a communicable disease, except by the permission and under the direction of the local director of health of the town where the body is interred.
See Sec. 19a-324 re penalty for failure to obtain permit or for making false statements in procuring permit.
See Sec. 53-334 re penalty for unlawful disinterment.
See Sec. 54-50 re reward for information concerning unlawful disinterment of corpse.
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