Chapter 30

COL12010610GCA HEALTH ANDSAFETY CH.30CEMETERY ANDMORT UARY 1CHAPTER 30 CEMETERY AND MORTUARY Article 1. Cemetery . Article 2. Mortuary . ARTICLE 1 CEMETERY § 30101. Approval: Cemetery . § 30102. Application. § 30103. Records. § 30104. Exhuming or Disinterment. § 30105. Same: Hours of Closing. § 30106. One Body per G rave. § 30107. Grave Standards. § 30108. Public Cemetery . § 30101. Approval: Cemetery . It shall be unlawful to establish a cemetery , crypt, mausole um, vault or crematory without the prior written approval of the Director of the location, plans and speci fications. SOURCE: GC§ 9601 § 30102. Application. Any person desiring to establish or purchase a cemetery , crypt, mauso - leum, vault or crema tory shall make application for approval to the Director, submitting a com plete set of plans with full descri ption of the grounds, plots, buildings, roads, water supply and sewage disposal. No changes, alterations or additions shall be made in the original plans and other stated matters without the approval of the Director . SOURCE: GC§ 9601.1 § 30103. Records. Every person in charge of any crypt, cemetery , mausoleum, vault or crematory shall keep a complete record of all

d matters without the approval of the Director . SOURCE: GC§ 9601.1 § 30103. Records. Every person in charge of any crypt, cemetery , mausoleum, vault or crematory shall keep a complete record of all dead human bodies interred, disin terred, re moved or cremated. He shall keep an adequate map or plot record of all locations in which bodie s have been buried, which will, at all times, be kept current and available to the Director for examination. SOURCE: GC§ 9601.2 COL12010610GCA HEALTH ANDSAFETY CH.30CEMETERY ANDMORT UARY 2§ 30104. Exhuming or Disinterment. Exhum ing or disinterment shall be prohibited except with approval of the Director . SOU RCE: GC§ 9601.3 § 30105. Same: Hours of Closing. All ceme teries shall be closed and locked at the hour designated by the Director. SOURCE: GC§ 9601.4 § 30106. One Body per Grave. Only one (1) body shall be buried in each grave, except that with t he approval of the Director , family mem bers may be interred and compan ion concrete or steel lawn crypts, as defined by the Direc tor, may be used for the burial of more than one (1) body in each grave. SOURCE: GC§ 9601.5. § 30107. Grave S tandards .

interred and compan ion concrete or steel lawn crypts, as defined by the Direc tor, may be used for the burial of more than one (1) body in each grave. SOURCE: GC§ 9601.5. § 30107. Grave S tandards . Graves shall be not less than six (6) feet in depth below the surface level of the adjoining ground and shall be not less than one (1) foot larger in width and length than the coffin; provided, however, that where concrete or steel vaults are used to contain the body , the grave shall be not less than eighteen (18) inches in depth below the surface level of the adjoining ground. SOURCE: GC§ 9601.6. § 30108. Public Cemetery . The Governor is authorized to set aside from public lands such amount thereof as h e may deem necessary for the establish ment of a public cemetery . Any such cemetery so established shall be under the cognizance of the Department of Parks and Recreation. SOURCE: GC§ 9601.7. ---------- ARTICLE 2 MORTUARY § 30201. Definitions. § 30202 . Communicable Disease.COL12010610GCA HEALTH ANDSAFETY CH.30CEMETERY ANDMORT UARY 3§ 30203. Disposition of Unembalmed Dead Human Bodies. § 30204. Transportation of Infected Body within the Territory of Guam. § 30205.

sease.COL12010610GCA HEALTH ANDSAFETY CH.30CEMETERY ANDMORT UARY 3§ 30203. Disposition of Unembalmed Dead Human Bodies. § 30204. Transportation of Infected Body within the Territory of Guam. § 30205. Transportation Into or From the Territory of Guam. § 30206. Limitation on Transportation. § 30207. Construction Standards. § 30201. Definitions. As used in this Article: (a) Mortuary means any place used for such activi ties as are incident, convenient or related to the prepa ration and arrangements for the funeral, transpor tation, burial, cremation or other disposition of dead human bodie s; (b)Mortician means any person engaged in or conducting or holding himself out as engaged in or conducting any of the following: (1) preparing for the burial or disposal and directing and supervising the burial o r disposal of dead human bodies; (2) maintaining a mortuary as defined in this Section; or (3) using, in connection with his name or the name of a mortuary the words funeral director , undertaker or mortician or any other title implying that he is engaged a s a mortician; and (c)Embalming means the preservation and disinfec tion or attempted preservation and disin fection of a dead human

aker or mortician or any other title implying that he is engaged a s a mortician; and (c)Embalming means the preservation and disinfec tion or attempted preservation and disin fection of a dead human body by injection, both arterially and into the body cavities of an amount of approved embalm ing fluid at least the equiv alent of ten percent (10%) of the body weight. An approved embalming fluid shall have disinfecting capacities at least equivalent of five percent (5%) of formaldehyde gas when diluted in accordance with manufacturers specifications and shall contain no alc ohol. SOURCE: GC§ 9602. § 30202. Communicable Disease. A mortician or em balmer shall immediately report to the Director a case on which such mortician or em balmer may be called where the deceased person died from or while having any communi cable di sease. SOURCE: GC§ 9602.1. § 30203. Disposition of Unembalmed Dead Human Bodies.COL12010610GCA HEALTH ANDSAFETY CH.30CEMETERY ANDMORT UARY 4All unembalmed dead human bodies shall be buried or cremated within twen ty-four (24) hours after death unless kept under refrigeration in the custody of the Director or a s may be authorized by the Director.

almed dead human bodies shall be buried or cremated within twen ty-four (24) hours after death unless kept under refrigeration in the custody of the Director or a s may be authorized by the Director. SOURCE: GC§ 9602.2. § 30204. T ransportation of Infected Body within the T erritory of Guam . No person shall transport any dead human body of any person who died from or while having any communicable disease as speci fied in Chapter 4, Division 1 of this Title, within Guam, including from one (1) house, building or other structure to another house, without a permit from the Director which shall specify the condi tions under which such move may be made. SOURCE: GC§ 9602.3. § 30205. T ransportation into or from the T erritory of Guam . No dead human body shall be transported into or from the territory of Guam without a permit unless it has been em balmed and is in a sound casket. SOURCE: GC§ 9602.4. § 30206. Limitatio n on T ransportation. Notwithstanding the provisions of '§ 30204 and 30205, the transportation into, from or within Guam of bodies of persons who have died from plague, smallpox, Asiatic cholera, yellow fever , typhus fever, typhoid fever or anthrax is pr ohibited without

5, the transportation into, from or within Guam of bodies of persons who have died from plague, smallpox, Asiatic cholera, yellow fever , typhus fever, typhoid fever or anthrax is pr ohibited without a permit from the Director and unless all activities, prepara tion and transporta tion in connection therewith occurring within Guam are under his supervision. SOURCE: GC§ 9602.5. NOTE: § 9 602.5 of P .L. 15 -96 incorrectly referred to its elf in the first phrase. It was probably the Legislature's intent to refer to the two preceding sections, or possibly only § 9602. 4. § 30207. Construction S tandards. When any mortuary is constructed or extensively remodeled or when an existing structure is converted for use as a mortuary , then the owner or person in charge or control should comply with the provi sions of '21102 of this Part regulations promul gated there under . SOURCE: GC§ 9602.6.COL12010610GCA HEALTH ANDSAFETY CH.30CEMETERY ANDMORT UARY 5----------COL120106