CFR > Title 42 - Public Health > CHAPTER I—PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER F—QUARANTINE, INSPECTION, LICENSING (parts 70 to 75) > PART 71—FOREIGN QUARANTINE > SUBPART F—Importations (§71.51 to §71.56) > 71.55—Dead bodies.

71.55—Dead bodies.

The remains of a person who died of a communicable disease listed in § 71.32(b) may not be brought into a U.S. port unless the body is (a) properly embalmed and placed in a hermetically sealed casket, (b) cremated, or (c) accompanied by a permit issued by the Director.