34-25-24. Permit required for disposition of dead body or fetus.

No body of any person whose death occurs in this state or which is found in this state or of a fetus after a gestational age of not less than twenty completed weeks may be interred, deposited in a vault or tomb, cremated, or otherwise disposed of, or removed from the state unless, prior to the disposition, a permit for disposition is obtained electronically from the department or on paper from the registrar of the registration district in which the death, or fetal death occurred or the body was found.

Source: SDC 1939, § 27.0211; SL 1972, ch 194, § 24; SL 1993, ch 253, § 7; SL 2003, ch 186, § 4; SL 2007, ch 195, § 10.

34-25-24.1. Notice to funeral director--Communicable disease or condition.

For deaths occurring in a health care facility licensed under chapter 34-12, the health care facility shall notify the funeral director, or person acting as such who first assumes custody of the dead body, if the body at the time of death had a communicable disease or condition that is the subject of a declared public health emergency pursuant to § 34-22-42 or the subject of a declaration of the Governor pursuant to chapter 34-48A.

Source: SL 2021, ch 153, § 1.