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2011 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 54.1-2818.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 54.1-2818.1. Prerequisites for cremation.
No dead human body shall be cremated without permission of the
medical examiner as required by § 32.1-284 and visual identification of the
deceased by the next-of-kin or his representative, who may be any person
designated to make arrangements for the decedent's burial or the disposition of
his remains pursuant to § 54.1-2825 or, an agent named in an
advance directive pursuant to § 54.1-2984, or a sheriff, upon court order,
if no next-of-kin, designated person or agent is available. When visual
identification is not feasible, other positive identification of the deceased
may be used as a prerequisite for cremation.