Pennsylvania Code
Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS
Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS
Chapter 13 - STATE BOARD OF FUNERAL DIRECTORS
HEALTH LAWS AND REGULATIONS
Section 13.184 - Prompt disposal of a deceased body

A funeral director shall promptly prepare and bury bodies which are entrusted to his funeral establishment for that purpose and may not allow the retention of a dead human body at his establishment or elsewhere for a total of more than 10 days without first obtaining special permission from the Board. This section does not prohibit the transfer of a deceased body to a receiving vault located in a cemetery. In such case, the body shall be retained in accordance with 28 Pa. Code § 1.22 (relating to structures for the dead).