Utah Code 26B-8-122. Interments — Duties of sexton or person in charge — Record of interments — Information filed with local registrar
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Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-8-122
- City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section
10-3c-102 . See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 - Dead body: means a human body or parts of a human body from the condition of which it reasonably may be concluded that death occurred. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
- Dead fetus: means a product of human conception, other than those circumstances described in Subsection 76-7-301(1):(7)(a) of 20 weeks' gestation or more, calculated from the date the last normal menstrual period began to the date of delivery; and(7)(b) that was not born alive. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
- Fetal remains: means :
(10)(a) an aborted fetus as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-232; or(10)(b) a miscarried fetus as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-233. See Utah Code 26B-8-101- Funeral service director: means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-9-102. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
- Local registrar: means a person appointed under Subsection 26B-8-102(3)(b). See Utah Code 26B-8-101
- Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Person: means :
(24)(a) an individual;(24)(b) an association;(24)(c) an institution;(24)(d) a corporation;(24)(e) a company;(24)(f) a trust;(24)(g) a limited liability company;(24)(h) a partnership;(24)(i) a political subdivision;(24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and(24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5- State registrar: means the state registrar of vital records appointed under Section 26B-8-102. See Utah Code 26B-8-101
(1)(a) A sexton or person in charge of any premises in which interments are made may not inter or permit the interment of any dead body, dead fetus, or fetal remains unless the interment is made by a funeral service director or by a person holding a burial-transit permit.(2)(2)(a) The sexton or the person in charge of any premises where interments are made shall keep a record of all interments made in the premises under their charge, stating the name of the decedent, place of death, date of burial, and name and address of the funeral service director or other person making the interment.(2)(b) The record described in this Subsection (2) shall be open to public inspection.(2)(c) A city or county clerk may, at the clerk’s option, maintain the interment records described in this Subsection (2) on behalf of the sexton or person in charge of any premises in which interments are made.(3)(3)(a) Not later than the tenth day of each month, the sexton, person in charge of the premises, or city or county clerk who maintains the interment records shall send to the local registrar and the department a list of all interments made in the premises during the preceding month.(3)(b) The list described in Subsection (3)(a) shall be in the form prescribed by the state registrar. - Fetal remains: means :