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Title 16 - HEALTH AND SAFETYPart III - VITAL STATISTICSChapter 31 - REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, DIVORCES, ANNULMENTS AND ADOPTIONS
Subchapter III - BURIAL, REMOVAL, CREMATION, OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF DEAD BODIES
Section 3157 - Cremation or natural organic reduction; prohibited except in licensed crematory or natural organic reduction facility

Del. Code tit. 16 § 3157

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Current through 2024 Legislative Session Act Chapter 531
Section 3157 - Cremation or natural organic reduction; prohibited except in licensed crematory or natural organic reduction facility

A person may not destroy or dispose of by burning or natural organic reduction the body of an individual dead from any cause, except in a crematory or natural organic reduction facility licensed for this express purpose and under the conditions provided in §§ 3158 through 3164 of this title.

16 Del. C. § 3157

Amended by Laws 2023, ch. 261,s 3, eff. 5/16/2024.
25 Del. Laws, c. 66, § 9; 27 Del. Laws, c. 84, § 14; 27 Del. Laws, c. 85, § 15; Code 1915, § 818; Code 1935, § 801; 44 Del. Laws, c. 69, § 1; 16 Del. C. 1953, § 3160; 68 Del. Laws, c. 274, § 1.;