Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 759.49
Rules governing product of fetal death.
Effective Sep 12, 2008Senate Bill 175 - 127th General Assembly
- (A) As used in this section and section 759.491 of the Revised Code, "fetal death" has the same meaning as in section 3705.01 of the Revised Code.
- (B) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation owning a public burial ground or cemetery, whether within or without the municipal corporation, may pass and provide for the enforcement of ordinances for the burial, re-interment, or disinterment of the product of a fetal death in that public burial ground or cemetery.
(C) With regard to the product of a fetal death, on the request of the mother and in compliance with the public burial ground or cemetery's ordinances, a public burial ground or cemetery shall inter the product of the fetal death in accordance with one of the following:
- (1) In a single grave within the public burial ground or cemetery that contains, or will contain, the remains of a parent, sibling, or grandparent;
- (2) In another location of the public burial ground or cemetery, including a separate burial ground for infants, on a temporary or permanent basis.