Section 4145. Deaths; burial and removal permits; disposition of remains

1.
  No  person  in charge of any premises on which interments, cremations or
  other disposition of the body of a deceased person are made shall  inter
  or  permit  the  interment or other disposition of any body unless it is
  accompanied by a burial, cremation or transit  permit,  as  provided  in
  this article.
    2.  (a)  The  funeral  director or undertaker shall deliver the burial
  permit to the  person  in  charge  of  the  place  of  burial  or  other
  disposition before interring or otherwise disposing of the body or shall
  attach  the  removal  or  transit permit to the box containing the body,
  when shipped by any transportation company, which permit shall accompany
  the remains to its destination, where, if within this state, it shall be
  delivered to the person in charge  of  the  place  of  burial  or  other
  disposition.
    (b)  Any  person  or  other  entity  owning,  operating,  managing, or
  designated to receive the body of  a  deceased  person  at  a  place  of
  burial,  cremation,  or  other  final  disposition  in  this  state, who
  receives the body of a deceased person, shall provide a receipt for  the
  body  to  the  funeral  director,  undertaker or registered resident who
  delivered such body. Each receipt shall (i) be  endorsed  by  both  such
  person and the funeral director, undertaker or registered resident, (ii)
  indicate  the date the body was delivered, (iii) include the name of the
  funeral director, undertaker or registered resident delivering the  body
  and  the  registration  number  of  such funeral director, undertaker or
  registered resident, (iv) include the name  of  the  registered  funeral
  firm the funeral director, undertaker or registered resident represents,
  (v) include the name of the deceased person as it appears on the burial,
  cremation,  or  transit  permit, and (vi) include the name of the owner,
  operator,  manager,  or  person  in  charge  of  the  place  of  burial,
  cremation,  or  other  final  disposition  who  received the body of the
  deceased person. A copy of such receipt shall be retained by the  owner,
  operator,  manager,  or  person  in  charge  of  the  place  of  burial,
  cremation, or other final disposition for a period of not less than four
  years, and shall be made available for inspection  by  the  division  of
  cemeteries during normal business hours. The original copy of every such
  receipt  shall  be retained by the licensed funeral firm for a period of
  not less than four years pursuant to the rules and  regulations  of  the
  department governing the maintenance of records.
    3.  The  person  in charge of the place of burial or other disposition
  shall endorse upon the permit, the date of interment,  or  cremation  or
  other  disposition  over  his signature, and shall return all permits so
  endorsed to the registrar of his district within seven  days  after  the
  date of interment, cremation or other disposition.
    4.  When  burying  or  otherwise  disposing  of the body of a deceased
  person in a cemetery or burial place having no  person  in  charge,  the
  funeral  director  or  undertaker  shall  (a) sign the burial or removal
  permit, giving the date of burial; (b) write  across  the  face  of  the
  permit  the  words  "No  person  in charge; " and (c) file the burial or
  removal permit within three days with the registrar of the  district  in
  which the cemetery is located.
    5.  The  person  in charge of the place of burial, cremation, or other
  disposition shall keep a record of  all  bodies  interred  or  otherwise
  disposed  of  on the premises under his charge, in each case stating the
  name of each  deceased  person,  place  of  death,  date  of  burial  or
  disposal,  and  name  and address of the funeral director or undertaker,
  which record shall at all time be open to official inspection.