Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 7 - DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Subtitle 2 - OFFICE OF VETERANS' SERVICES
Chapter 32 - HAWAII STATE VETERANS CEMETERY RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Subchapter 3 - OPERATIONS
Section 7-32-16 - Interment, inurnment

(a) The State shall open and close the grave in accordance with the fee schedule established in this chapter and furnish perpetual care without charge.

(b) All graves shall be equal, have a uniform type of flat marker. Military rank or civilian stature shall be given no consideration in selection of the grave, and the space selection shall be made by a designated cemetery official.

(c) Reservation of space shall not be allowed.

(d) The funeral director shall be responsible for making interment arrangements for an eligible decedent. The funeral director shall submit all documents as may be required or requested by the office to determine the eligibility of the decedent to be interred in the cemetery.

(e) Three working days notice shall be given to schedule the interment or inurnment in the cemetery.

(f) All applications for burial in the cemetery shall be processed by a designated cemetery official who shall determine the eligibility of the decedent to be interred.

(g) After the decedent has been determined eligible, the burial shall be scheduled after consultation with the funeral director, and under no circumstances shall a burial be arranged by the funeral director without first securing approval from a designated cemetery official.

(h) All expenses incurred by the survivors or representative for the funeral services and supplies provided by a funeral director of their choice and transportation shall be the responsibility of the survivors or representative.

(i) All funerals on entering the cemetery shall be under the supervision of a designated cemetery official.

(j) Services shall be held at the committal shelter. Every effort shall be made to accommodate special religious traditions by individual arrangements with a designated cemetery official.

(k) Arranging for military honors shall be the responsibility of the next of kin, representative or funeral director, not the cemetery.

(l) Graves shall be closed as soon as practicable after the interment session or before the close of that business day.

(m) Graves shall be temporarily marked using a temporary grave marker until the department of veterans affairs provides the permanent marker for each grave.

(n) Each grave shall be marked with a marker furnished by the department of veterans affairs. Ordering of markers shall be the responsibility of the cemetery. No other parties may order a marker for placement within the cemetery.