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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="5-514" title_number="5" title_name="Death" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An individual may not bury or dispose of a body except:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>In a family burial plot or other area allowed by a local ordinance;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In a crematory;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In a cemetery;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>In a reduction facility;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>By donating the body to medical science; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>By removing the body to another state for final disposition in accordance with the laws of the other state.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person may not use or dispose of soil remains produced by natural organic reduction:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>On public or private property without the prior written permission of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The owner of the public property;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The surviving owners of public record of the private property; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>If the decedent was sole owner of the property at death, the authorizing agent;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>By using the soil remains to grow food for consumption by humans or livestock;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>By selling or reselling the soil remains to a third party; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>By combining or incorporating the soil remains into compost offered for sale to consumers or for commercial or agricultural purchasers.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Unless a funeral establishment or cemetery has otherwise agreed in writing, a reduction facility that produces soil remains is responsible for providing for the final disposition and disposal of the soil remains in accordance with written direction given by an authorizing agent.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Except for acts of gross negligence or reckless disregard of the prohibitions under subsection (b) of this section, a practitioner or reduction facility operator is not liable for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Transferring possession of soil remains at a reduction facility; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Delivering soil remains to another location according to the written direction provided by an authorizing agent.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An individual who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
