§54. Prerequisites for permit
A permit shall be issued for burial within the state, for interment in a
vault or tomb, for removal from the state, for scientific use, cremation, or other
disposition without the necessity of a completed death certificate. However,
no permit for the disposition by removal from the continental United States
shall be issued by a local registrar until a certificate of death or stillbirth, has
been completed by the parish coroner or a physician as required in R.S.
40:34.10(19), and has been filed with a local registrar. No permit may be
issued unless and until all the regulations of the Louisiana Department of
Health in respect to the issuance of the permit have been complied with. No
permit shall be issued which would be contrary to the sanitary laws of the
state.
Acts 1979, No. 776, §1; Acts 2003, No. 657, §1.