Section 22-B214. DEATHS OF AFFECTED PERSONS

 

214.1In cases of death from cholera, anthrax, diphtheria plague (bubonic and pneumonic), smallpox, or louse-borne typhus fever, the physician issuing the certificate of death shall give immediate notice by telephone of the death to the Director.

 

214.2The body of a person who died from a disease listed in this section shall not be moved from the place of death except after issuance of a permit by the Director, as required under this title.

 

214.3Prior to being transported from the place of death to a licensed undertaker's establishment, the body of a person who died of a disease listed in this section shall have all of its orifices filled with absorbent cotton, and shall be wrapped in a sheet saturated with a 1:500 solution of bichloride of mercury or other equally effective germicidal agent.

 

214.4Within twelve (12) hours after transportation of a body of a person who died of a disease listed in this section to a licensed undertaker's establishment, the body shall be treated by one (1) of the following methods:

 

(a)Embalmed arterially and placed in a casket, which shall be sealed permanently; or

 

(b)Cremated.

 

214.5A public funeral service for a person who has died of any of the diseases listed in this section shall not be held in the presence of the body unless the body has been embalmed and placed in a sealed casket.

 

214.6Quarantined persons shall not attend a public funeral service; but may, at the discretion of the Director, be taken to places of burial provided they do not mingle with the nonquarantined persons present.

 

source

Commissioners’ Order 61-1117 (June 20, 1961), 8 DCRR §§ 8-5:116 and 8-5:117 (1965).