Pennsylvania Code
Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY
Part III - Prevention of Diseases
Chapter 27 - COMMUNICABLE AND NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Subchapter F - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
DISPOSITION OF EFFECTS AND REMAINS OF INFECTED PERSONS
Section 27.203 - Preparation for burial or transportation of deceased human bodies
Universal Citation: 28 PA Code ยง 27.203
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
In the preparation for burial of a body of a person who had died of amebiasis, anthrax, cholera, diphtheria, plague, poliomyelitis, scarlet fever, shigellosis, smallpox, typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, salmonellosis or other known or suspected communicable diseases, it shall be the duty of the undertaker or person acting as such to disinfect thoroughly by arterial and cavity injection with approved disinfectant fluid and to wash the surface of the body with an efficient germicidal solution and to effectually plug the body orifices.
This section cited in 28 Pa. Code § 125.14 (relating to removal of dead body from patient unit to morgue).
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