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§ 450.506. Death and fetal death registration: Regulations concerning dead bodies and fetal rem...

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and Safety

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 35 P.S. Health and Safety (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 2. Registration of Vital Statistics (Refs & Annos)
Vital Statistics Law of 1953 (Refs & Annos)
Article V. Death and Fetal Death Registration
35 P.S. § 450.506
§ 450.506. Death and fetal death registration: Regulations concerning dead bodies and fetal remains
The Advisory Health Board shall make and may amend or repeal regulations governing disposal, transportation, interment and disinterment of dead bodies and fetal remains, in order to protect the public health and promote the integrity and efficacy of death and fetal death registration. However, the Advisory Health Board shall not, pursuant to the authority contained in this or any other act, promulgate any regulation which would require that the top of the outer case containing a casket be buried a distance of more than two feet from the natural surface of the ground.

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1953, June 29, P.L. 304, art. V, § 506. Amended 1981, Nov. 20, P.L. 338, No. 123, § 1, imd. effective.
35 P.S. § 450.506, PA ST 35 P.S. § 450.506
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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