65-2426a. Authorization for cremation; penalty for violation.
65-2426a
65-2426a. Authorization for cremation; penalty for violation.No dead body, as such term is defined in subsection (4) of K.S.A. 65-2401,andamendments thereto, shall be cremated unless a coroner's permit to crematehas been furnished to authorize such cremation. A telefacsimile signed copyof the coroner's permit to cremate which authorizes the cremation shallconstitute legal authorization for such cremation under this section. Theprovisions of this section shall be construed as supplemental to and as a partof the uniform vital statistics act. Any person who knowingly violates thissection, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $500.
History: L. 1965, ch. 164, § 19; L. 1982, ch. 266, § 1;L. 1993, ch. 214, § 13; July 1.