North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 41 - EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH
Subchapter H - VITAL RECORDS
Section .0500 - DEATH REGISTRATION
Section 41H .0506 - REMOVAL OF BODIES
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
Before removing a dead body or fetus from the place of death, the funeral director or person acting as such shall:
(1) obtain assurance from the attending physician that death is from natural causes and that the physician will assume responsibility for certifying to the cause of death or fetal death, or
(2) notify the medical examiner if the case comes within his jurisdiction and receive authorization from him to remove the body.
Authority
G.S.
130A-92(7);
Eff.
October 1, 1977;
Readopted Eff. November 15, 1977;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. December 22,
2018.
