West Virginia Code 30-6-31 – Inapplicability of article
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The provisions of this article do not apply to or interfere with:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 30-6-31
- Board: means the West Virginia Board of Funeral Service Examiners. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
- Embalmer: means a person licensed to practice embalming. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
- Embalming: means the practice of introducing chemical substances, fluids, or gases used for the purpose of preservation or disinfection into the vascular system or hollow organs of a dead human body by arterial or hypodermic injection for the restoration of the physical appearance of a deceased. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
- Person: means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, not-for-profit organization, or any other organization. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
- State: means the State of West Virginia. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
(1) The duties of an officer of any local or state board of health who, in compliance with local or state board of health rules, may be charged with the duty of preparation for burial of a human body when death was caused by a virulent, communicable disease;
(2) The duties of an officer of a medical college, county medical society, anatomical association or other recognized person carrying out his or her responsibilities of dealing with indigent dead human bodies who are held subject for anatomical study; or
(3) The customs or rites of any religious sect in the burial of its dead: Provided, That embalming shall only be performed by a licensed embalmer.