Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 216 - Department of health
Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration
Subchapter 10 - Registries
Part 1 - Rules and Regulations Governing Vital Records
Section 216-RICR-10-10-1.26 - Permits for Disinterment and Reinterment

Universal Citation: 216 RI Code of Rules 10 10 1.26

Current through September 18, 2024

A. A permit for disinterment and reinterment shall be required prior to disinterment of a dead body or fetus unless otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. However, if the dead body or fetus is to be disinterred and reinterred in the same cemetery, no permit shall be required provided that the sexton or other person in charge of the cemetery shall establish a record relative to the facts of disinterment and reinterment within the cemetery.

B. The permit shall be issued in quadruplicate to the funeral director by the local registrar of the city or town in which the place of disinterment is located, upon proper application on a form provided by the State Registrar.

C. The funeral director shall retain one (1) copy, shall file the second (2nd) copy with the sexton or person in charge of the cemetery from which disinterment is to be made, shall use the third (3rd) copy during transportation and give it to the sexton or person in charge of the cemetery of reinterment, and shall forward the fourth (4th) copy to the State Registrar.

D. The sexton or other person in charge of the cemetery of disinterment shall establish a record of the facts of disinterment and reinterment and shall, prior to the fifth (5th) day of the following month, send the second copy to the local registrar of the city or town in which the cemetery of disinterment is located.

E. The sexton or other person in charge of the cemetery of reinterment shall establish a record of the facts of disinterment and reinterment and shall, prior to the fifth (5th) day of the following month, send the third (3rd) copy to the local registrar of the city or town in which the cemetery of reinterment is located.

F. The Office shall enter on the face of the death certificate the date of reinterment and the location of the cemetery of reinterment.

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