Acts and Regulations

V-3 - Vital Statistics Act

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Cremation, burial or removal permit
30(1)No person shall cremate, bury, remove or otherwise dispose of the body, except as authorized by subsection (2), of a person who dies in the Province until a burial permit has been issued by the Registrar General after cause of death has been determined to his satisfaction.
30(1.1)The Registrar General may designate an appropriate employee of a regional health authority or a coroner to act on his or her behalf for the purpose of issuing a burial permit under subsection (1).
30(2)Unless a coroner or a medical officer of health has been notified of the death, when a person dies in the Province, burial may take place within the Province without a permit, but the funeral director shall, within the time prescribed by regulation, file a notice of burial with the Registrar General on a form provided by the Registrar General.
1996, c.24, s.18; 2007, c.32, s.3; 2011, c.37, s.33; 2017, c.42, s.92
Cremation, burial or removal permit
30(1)No person shall cremate, bury, remove or otherwise dispose of the body, except as authorized by subsection (2), of a person who dies in the Province until a burial permit has been issued by the Registrar General after cause of death has been determined to his satisfaction.
30(1.1)The Registrar General may designate an appropriate employee of a regional health authority or a coroner to act on his or her behalf for the purpose of issuing a burial permit under subsection (1).
30(2)Unless a coroner or a district medical health officer has been notified of the death, when a person dies in the Province, burial may take place within the Province without a permit, but the funeral director shall, within the time prescribed by regulation, file a notice of burial with the Registrar General on a form provided by the Registrar General.
1996, c.24, s.18; 2007, c.32, s.3; 2011, c.37, s.33
Cremation, burial or removal permit
30(1)No person shall cremate, bury, remove or otherwise dispose of the body, except as authorized by subsection (2), of a person who dies in the Province until a burial permit has been issued by the Registrar General after cause of death has been determined to his satisfaction.
30(1.1)The Registrar General may designate an appropriate employee of a regional health authority or a coroner to act on his or her behalf for the purpose of issuing a burial permit under subsection (1).
30(2)Except where a coroner or a district medical health officer has been notified of the death, where a person dies in the Province, burial may take place within the Province without a permit, but the funeral director shall within seven days thereafter file with the Registrar General a notice of burial on a form provided by the Registrar General.
1996, c.24, s.18; 2007, c.32, s.3
Cremation, burial or removal permit
30(1)No person shall cremate, bury, remove or otherwise dispose of the body, except as authorized by subsection (2), of a person who dies in the Province until a burial permit has been issued by the Registrar General after cause of death has been determined to his satisfaction.
30(2)Except where a coroner or a district medical health officer has been notified of the death, where a person dies in the Province, burial may take place within the Province without a permit, but the funeral director shall within seven days thereafter file with the Registrar General a notice of burial on a form provided by the Registrar General.
1996, c.24, s.18