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Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-319: Disinterment Permit - Notice of Disinterment and

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Reinterment.

A. A burial transit permit issued under the laws of another

state which accompanies a dead body or fetus brought into this state

shall be authority for final disposition of the body or fetus in

this state.

B. A disinterment permit shall be required prior to

disinterment of a dead body or fetus except as authorized by

regulation or otherwise provided by law. Such permit shall be

issued by the Commissioner of Health to a licensed funeral director,

embalmer, or other person acting as such, upon proper application.

C. Application for a disinterment shall include the consent of

the next of kin. The consent of the next of kin shall be completed

by the next of kin in order of priority as established in Section

1158 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

D. If the dead body or fetus is to be disinterred and

reinterred in the same cemetery, a disinterment permit is not

required.

E. If the dead body or fetus is to be disinterred and

reinterred in the same cemetery, a notice of disinterment and

reinterment shall be completed, signed by the funeral director and

the next of kin, and then submitted to the State Department of

Health within five (5) days of such action.

F. The forms for the Disinterment Permit and Notice of

Disinterment and Reinterment shall be obtained from the Department.

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