Ohio Code 3705.18 – Authorization for final disposition of body transported into state
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When a death occurs outside the state and the body is transported into this state for burial or other disposition, the body must be accompanied by an authorization for final disposition issued in accordance with the laws and health regulations of the place where death occurred. The authorization that accompanied the body shall be accepted as authorization for burial, cremation, or other disposal in Ohio. The person in charge of place of burial shall endorse and forward the authorization for final disposition that accompanied the body to the local registrar of vital statistics of the registration district in which burial was made.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3705.18
- Cremation: means the reduction to ashes of a dead body. See Ohio Code 3705.01
- Final disposition: means the interment, cremation, removal from the state, donation, or other authorized disposition of a dead body or a fetal death. See Ohio Code 3705.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Registration: means the acceptance by the office of vital statistics and the incorporation of vital records into its official records. See Ohio Code 3705.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59