Wyo. Code R. 048-0059-7
Effective Date: 04/21/2008 to Current
Rule Type: Current Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 048.0059.7.04212008
(a) A burial-transit permit is required for all bodies and stillbirths regardless of the method of disposal or storage.
(b) The funeral director or person acting as such shall obtain a burial-transit permit from the local registrar of the county in which the death occurred within seventy-two (72) hours after the death, and prior to the final disposition or removal from the state of the body or stillbirth.
Section 2. Removal of Body. After taking charge of a dead human body or stillbirth, the funeral director or person acting as such shall:
(a) Contact the attending physician to ascertain whether the death is from natural causes and if the death is from natural causes that the physician will certify to the cause of death; or
(b) If the physician refuses to certify to the cause of death, the death was unattended, or the circumstances suggest that the death was not due to natural causes, contact the local registrar who shall refer the case to the local health officer or coroner.
Section 3. Issuance of Permit Prior to Filing of Certificate. The local registrar may issue a burial-transit permit prior to the filing of a death or stillbirth certificate if the following conditions are met:
(a) The attending physician is contacted and assurance is received that the death was from natural causes and that the physician will certify to the cause of death; or
(b) If the case is within the local health officer's or the coroner's jurisdiction, that official is contacted and permission is received for the intended disposition of the body.
Section 4. Retention of Burial-Transit Permits. Burial-transit permits must be retained by the local registrar for a period of ten (10) years from the date of issuance.
(a) The disinterment permit shall be authorization for disinterment, transportation, and reinterment.
(b) The disinterment permit shall be issued by the local registrar upon receipt of a written application signed by the next of kin and the person who is in charge of the disinterment, or upon receipt of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction directing such disinterment.
(c) Upon receipt of a court order or signed permission of the next of kin, the local registrar may issue one (1) permit to authorize disinterment and reinterment of all remains in a mass disinterment provided that, insofar as possible, the remains of each body be identified and the place of disinterment and reinterment specified.
(d) A dead body properly prepared by an embalmer and deposited in a receiving vault shall not be considered a disinterment when removed from the vault for final burial.