Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-319
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Disinterment Permit - Notice of Disinterment and
Official statutory text
Reinterment.
A. A burial transit permit issued under the laws of another
state which accompanies a dead body or fetus brought into this state
shall be authority for final disposition of the body or fetus in
this state.
B. A disinterment permit shall be required prior to
disinterment of a dead body or fetus except as authorized by
regulation or otherwise provided by law. Such permit shall be
issued by the Commissioner of Health to a licensed funeral director,
embalmer, or other person acting as such, upon proper application.
C. Application for a disinterment shall include the consent of
the next of kin. The consent of the next of kin shall be completed
by the next of kin in order of priority as established in Section
1158 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. If the dead body or fetus is to be disinterred and
reinterred in the same cemetery, a disinterment permit is not
required.
E. If the dead body or fetus is to be disinterred and
reinterred in the same cemetery, a notice of disinterment and
reinterment shall be completed, signed by the funeral director and
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the next of kin, and then submitted to the State Department of
Health within five (5) days of such action.
F. The forms for the Disinterment Permit and Notice of
Disinterment and Reinterment shall be obtained from the Department.
A. A burial transit permit issued under the laws of another
state which accompanies a dead body or fetus brought into this state
shall be authority for final disposition of the body or fetus in
this state.
B. A disinterment permit shall be required prior to
disinterment of a dead body or fetus except as authorized by
regulation or otherwise provided by law. Such permit shall be
issued by the Commissioner of Health to a licensed funeral director,
embalmer, or other person acting as such, upon proper application.
C. Application for a disinterment shall include the consent of
the next of kin. The consent of the next of kin shall be completed
by the next of kin in order of priority as established in Section
1158 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. If the dead body or fetus is to be disinterred and
reinterred in the same cemetery, a disinterment permit is not
required.
E. If the dead body or fetus is to be disinterred and
reinterred in the same cemetery, a notice of disinterment and
reinterment shall be completed, signed by the funeral director and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 194
the next of kin, and then submitted to the State Department of
Health within five (5) days of such action.
F. The forms for the Disinterment Permit and Notice of
Disinterment and Reinterment shall be obtained from the Department.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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