KRS 213.991: Penalties.

(1) Any person who shall cremate or cause to be cremated or transport or cause to be

transported for the purpose of cremation, the body of any person whose death

occurs in the Commonwealth, without first obtaining from the coroner of the county

in which death occurred, authorization for the transportation and cremation shall be

guilty of a Class D felony.

(2) Any person shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor who:

(a) Willfully and knowingly makes any false statement in a certificate, record, or

report required by this chapter or in an application for an amendment thereof

or in an application for a certified copy of a vital record or who willfully and

knowingly supplies false information intending that such information be used

in the preparation of any report, record or certificate or amendment thereof;

(b) Without lawful authority and with the intent to deceive, makes counterfeits,

alters, amends or mutilates any certificate, record or report required by this

chapter or a certified copy of such certificate, record or report;

(c) Willfully and knowingly obtains, possesses, uses, sells, furnishes or attempts

to obtain, possess, use, sell or furnish to another, for any purpose of deception,

any certificate, record or report required by this chapter or certified cop y

thereof so made, counterfeited, altered, amended, mutilated or which is false

in whole or in part or which relates to the birth of another person whether

living or deceased;

(d) As an employee of the Vital Statistics Branch or any office designated under

KRS 213.036, willfully and knowingly furnishes or processes a certificate of

birth or certified copy of a certificate of birth with the knowledge or intention

that it may be used for the purpose of deception; or

(e) Without lawful authority possesses any certificate, record, or report required

by this chapter or a copy or certified copy of such certificate, record, or report

knowing same to have been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained.

(3) Any person shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor who:

(a) Willfully and knowingly refuses to provide information required by this

chapter or administrative regulations adopted hereunder;

(b) Willfully and knowingly transports or accepts for transportation, interment, or

other disposition a dead body without an acc ompanying permit as provided in

this chapter;

(c) Willfully and knowingly neglects or violates any of the provisions of this

chapter or refuses to perform any of the duties imposed upon him or her by

this chapter; or

(d) As an employee of the Vital Statist ics Branch or any office designated under

KRS 213.036, willfully and knowingly violates the confidentiality provisions

of KRS 213.131.

(4) Repeated failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter shall be sufficient

cause for the cabinet to file a report with the applicable medical, dental,

chiropractic, or funeral director licensure board citing the omissions of lawful duty

and requesting that appropriate disciplinary action be taken.