Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-329.1: Cremation - Burial at sea - Bodies for pathologic

study - Disposal permits.

Until a permit for disposal has been issued in accordance with

this section, no dead human body whose death occurred within the

State of Oklahoma shall be cremated, buried at sea, or made

unavailable for further pathologic study by other recognized means

of destruction or dissolution of such remains.

When the person legally responsible for disposition of a dead

human body, whose death occurred or was pronounced within this

state, desires that the body be cremated, buried at sea, or made

unavailable for further pathologic study by other recognized means

of destruction or dissolution of such remains, that person shall

complete an application-permit form for such procedure provided by

the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The Office of the Chief

Medical Examiner, in accordance with Section 948.1 of this title,

shall charge a fee for each cremation permit issued. The Medical

Examiner shall be notified, as required in Section 938 of this

title. He or she shall perform the required investigation and shall

issue a valid death certificate as required by Section 947 of this

title and execute the permit in accordance with rules established by

the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In order to be valid,

each permit must contain an individual number assigned to the

particular permit by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. A

copy of the application-permit form and the original death

certificate shall be filed with the State Department of Health. The

original application-permit form shall be filed by the funeral

director with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Such filing

shall occur or be postmarked within forty-eight (48) hours of the

death.

If death occurred or was pronounced outside the geographic

limits of the State of Oklahoma and the body is brought into this

state for such disposal, a transit permit or a permit for removal,

issued in accordance with the laws and regulations in force where

the death occurred shall authorize the transportation of the body

into or through this state and shall be accepted in lieu of a

certificate of death as required above. A valid permit issued for

disposal of such body in accordance with the laws in the

jurisdiction where the body died or death was pronounced shall be

authority for cremation or burial at sea or to make the body

otherwise unavailable for further pathologic study by other

recognized means of destruction or dissolution of such remains.