Current through June 11, 2024
Section 451.210 - Adherence to order of priority of persons authorized to request disinterment or removal of human remains; exception1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, in determining whether a relative of a decedent is authorized to request the disinterment or removal of the human remains of the decedent, the cemetery authority must follow the order of priority set forth in paragraphs (c) to (g), inclusive, of subsection 1 of NRS 451.024.2. Absent a court order, a cemetery authority may refuse to disinter or remove the human remains of a decedent as requested by a person listed in paragraphs (c) to (g), inclusive, of subsection 1 of NRS 451.024 if: (a) The cemetery authority has reason to believe there is a dispute regarding the disinterment or removal of the remains of the decedent between persons within a particular priority class set forth in subsection 1; or(b) The person requesting the disinterment or removal is not the person who ordered the initial burial or cremation of the human remains of the decedent.3. "Cemetery authority" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 451.069.Nev. Admin. Code § 451.210
Added to NAC by Funeral and Cemetery Svcs. Bd. by R086-18, eff. 12-19-2018