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N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 3440 — Funeral directors; duty to use prescribed tests of death
N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 3440
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- Statute
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- New York Public Health Law
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- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 3440. Funeral directors; duty to use prescribed tests of death. Before removing the body of a deceased person from the place of death or preparing it for burial by injection of fluid or otherwise, every funeral director, undertaker or embalmer shall apply such tests as are prescribed by the…
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N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 3440 — Funeral directors; duty to use prescribed tests of death is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 3440. Funeral directors; duty to use prescribed tests of death. Before removing the body of a deceased person from the place of death or preparing it for burial by injection of fluid or otherwise, every funeral director, undertaker or embalmer shall apply such tests as are prescribed by the commissioner for determining whether life is extinct. If the body is not to be embalmed the same tests shall be made before it is prepared for burial.