(a) Any person removing or redesignating any cemetery shall comply with the following requirements:
- (1) Publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the State, requesting persons having information concerning the cemetery or persons buried in it to report that information to the department;
- (2) Photograph the cemetery generally, and take separate photographs of all headstones located in the cemetery;
- (3) Turn over to the department all photographs and any other relevant historical records;
- (4) Move all headstones to the place of reinterment; and
- (5) Obtain the written concurrence of the department prior to any removal or redesignation if the cemetery has existed for more than fifty years.
- (b) The requirements of subsection (a) shall be in addition to any requirements imposed by the department of health.
[L 1988, c 265, pt of §1; am L 1990, c 22, §2]