Other Statutes & Rules
Related Link: 16 C.F.R. § 453. Funeral Industry Practices (“The Funeral Rule”) and FTC Staff Advisory OpinionsRelated Link: Complying with the Funeral Rule
Related Link: Federal Trade Commission Consumer Advice
Related Link: NC Department of Labor/Occupational Safety & Health: https://www.labor.nc.gov/rules-and-regulations
NOTE: GS 130A-115 was modified by: SL 2022-63 (S138) and SL 2022-74 (H103)
Other Statutes Related to the Practice of Funeral Service In North Carolina
CHAPTER 14 CRIMINAL LAW: Disorderly conduct at Funerals
§ 14-288.4. Disorderly conductCHAPTER 65 NORTH CAROLINA CEMETERY ACT
§ 65-77. Minimum burial depth§ 65-106. Removal of graves; who may disinter, move, and reinter; notice; certificate filed; reinterment expenses; due care required
CHAPTER 58 Insurance
§ 58-58-97. Provision of life insurance information upon notification of insured’s death
CHAPTER 20 NORTH CAROLINA MOTOR VEHICLES
§ 20-157.1. Funeral processionsCHAPTER 130A PUBLIC HEALTH: Commission of Anatomy
§ 130A-33.30. Creation; powers and duties§ 130A-33.31. Members; selection; term; chairman; quorum; meetings
§ 130A-33.32. Reference to former Board of Anatomy in testamentary disposition
CHAPTER 130A PUBLIC HEALTH: Vital Statistics
§ 130A-26A. Violations of Article 4§ 130A-93. Access to vital records; copies
§ 130A-93.1. Fees for vital records copies or search; automation fund
§ 130A-96. Appointment of deputy and sub-registrars.
§ 130A-97. Duties of local registrars
§ 130A-99. Register of deeds to preserve copies of birth and death records
§ 130A-112. Notification of death
§ 130A-113. Permits for burial-transit, authorization for cremation and disinterment-reinterment
§ 130A-114. Fetal death registration
§ 130A-115. Death registration
§ 130A-116. Contents of death certificate
§ 130A-117. Persons required to keep records and provide information
§ 130A-118. Amendment of birth and death certificates
CHAPTER 130A PUBLIC HEALTH: Communicable Diseases
§ 130A-134. Reportable diseases and conditions§ 130A-135. Physicians to report
§ 130A-146. Transportation of bodies of persons who have died of reportable diseases
CHAPTER 130A PUBLIC HEALTH: Investigations and Disposition
§ 130A-383. Medical Examiner Jurisdiction§ 130A-384. Notification concerning out-of-state body
§ 130A-385. Duties of Medical Examiner upon receipt of notice; reports; copies
§ 130A-388. Medical Examiner’s permission necessary before embalming, burial and cremation
§ 130A-389. Autopsies
§ 130A-390. Exhumations
§ 130A-391. Corneal tissue removal
§ 130A-392. Reports and records as evidence
§ 130A-393. Rules
§ 130A-394. Coroner to hold inquests
§ 130A-395. Handling and transportation of bodies
§ 130A-398. Limitation on right to perform autopsy
§ 130A-415. Unclaimed Bodies; Bodies claimed by the Lifeguardianship Council of the Association for Retarded Citizens of North Carolina; Disposition
§ 130A-417. Definitions. (Final disposition or transportation of deceased migrant agricultural workers and their dependents)
§ 130A-418. Deceased migrant agricultural workers and their dependents
§ 130A-420. Authority to dispose of body or body parts
Rules Related to the Practice of Funeral Service in North Carolina
TITLE 10A HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Commission of Anatomy J. T. Pugh, Jr.CHAPTER 41 EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH SUBCHAPTER 41A – Communicable Disease Control
10A NCAC 41A .0101 Reportable diseases and conditions10A NCAC 41A .0210 Duties of attending physicians
10A NCAC 41A .0212 Handling and transportation of bodies
10A NCAC 41A .0213 Control measures – SARS
CHAPTER 41 EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH SUBCHAPTER 41H – VITAL RECORDS
10A NCAC 41H .0101 Administration10A NCAC 41H .0102 Definitions
10A NCAC 41H .0103 Forms
10A NCAC 41H .0104 General requirements for preparation of certificates
10A NCAC 41H .0501 Hospital assistance in preparation of death certificates
10A NCAC 41H .0502 Acceptance of incomplete death certificate
10A NCAC 41H .0503 Death registration: Medical certification
10A NCAC 41H .0504 No death certificate for missing persons
10A NCAC 41H .0505 Disinterment – reinterment permits
10A NCAC 41H .0506 Removal of bodies
10A NCAC 41H .0604 Death certificates
10A NCAC 41H .0701 Routine Requests for Certified Copies
10A NCAC 41H .0702 Research Requests
10A NCAC 41H .0703 Fees for corrections and amendments
10A NCAC 41H .0901 Errors
10A NCAC 41H .0906 Amended causes of death
10A NCAC 41H .0910 Vital records amendment procedures
10A NCAC 41H .1201 Registration of graves removed
10A NCAC 41H .1202 Forms
10A NCAC 41H .1301 Information needed for locating records
10A NCAC 41H .1302 Issuance of certified copies
CHAPTER 44 – POSTMORTEM MEDICOLEGAL EXAMINATION
10A NCAC 44 .0401 Unclaimed bodies10A NCAC 44 .0501 Investigation before cremation or burial at sea