54-1120 RECEIVING BODY FOR TRANSPORTATION OUTSIDE STATE WITHOUT PERMIT PROHIBITED -- CREMATION AND REMOVAL OF HUMAN REMAINS.
PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
CHAPTER 11
MORTICIANS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS
54-1120. Receiving body for transportation outside state without permit prohibited -- Cremation and removal of human remains. It shall be unlawful for any public transportation agent of any public transportation facility to receive a dead human body for shipment or transportation by any means of transportation or conveyance to or from any point in this state, or to a point outside this state, unless said embalmed human body is accompanied by a permit for final disposition signed by the individual authorized by law to certify the cause of death. Human remains shall not be delivered to a crematory or removed from the casket or other container without the written consent of the person giving the consent to the cremation of the body.