Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health
Chapter 105 - Vital Statistics
Subchapter 7 - Bodies and Relocation of Cemeteries
Section 310:105-7-1 - Transportation of bodies
Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 310:105-7-1
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a) Bodies shipped by common carrier. The body of any person dead of a disease that is not contagious, infectious, or communicable may be shipped by common carrier subject to the following conditions:
(1)
Provided the body is encased in a sound coffin or casket, enclosed in a strong
outside shipping case, and provided it can reach destination within the
specified number of hours from the time of death, applicable both to place of
shipment and destination.
(2) When
shipment cannot reach destination within the number of hours specified, the
body shall either
(A) Be embalmed, encased in
a sound coffin or casket, and enclosed in a strong outside case for shipment,
or
(B) When embalming is not
possible, or if the body is in a state of decomposition, it shall be shipped
only after enclosure in an airtight coffin or casket, enclosed in proper
shipping container.
(3)
A burial transit permit shall be attached in a strong envelope to the shipping
case.
(b) Transportation of certain diseased bodies. The body of any person dead of smallpox, Asiatic cholera, louse-borne typhus fever, plague, yellow fever or any other contagious, infectious or communicable disease shall not be transported unless:
(1) Such body has been
embalmed, properly disinfected and encased in an airtight zinc, tin, copper, or
lead-lined coffin or iron casket, all joints and seams hermetically soldered or
sealed and all encased in a strong, tight outside shipping case.
(2) Disinterred remains are considered as
infectious and shall be enclosed in a hermetically sealed metal or metal-lined
casket, enclosed in proper shipping container.
(3) Bodies deposited in receiving vaults must
be treated and considered the same as disinterred remains with respect to
shipping.
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