<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:45:02:07"><span class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0-000000">20:45:02:07</span></a><span class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0-000001">.  Length of time an unembalmed body may be kept.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0"> Within </span><span class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0">twenty-four</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0"> hours from the time of death, the body </span><span class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0"> be refrigerated, embalmed, or buried in the ground. Any deviation from the foregoing requirements may only occur by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction or written directive of a coroner.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0">    </span><span class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0"> 9 SDR 59, effective November 14, 1982; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 30 SDR 215, effective July 14, 2004</span><span class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0">; 50 SDR 157, effective July 2, 2024</span><span class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0">    </span><span class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-19-12.1"><span class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0-000003">36-19-</span><span class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0-000003">12.1</span></a><span class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0">    </span><span class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-15"><span class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0-000003">34-26-15</span></a><span class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s57de2f2b-6549-4a8f-af3f-6166d5f1e185000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>