D.C. Code § 7-178

Current through codified legislation effective September 4, 2024

Section 7-178 - Reception, burial, and identification of ashes of certain cremated indigent persons

The Director of the Department of Human Services is authorized to provide and furnish proper containers for the reception, burial, and identification of the ashes of all human bodies of indigent persons that are cremated at the public crematorium, which ashes remain unclaimed after 12 months from date of such cremation.

D.C. Code § 7-178

May 21, 1928, 45 Stat. 669, ch. 659; July 3, 1930, 46 Stat. 975, ch. 848; Aug. 1, 1950, 64 Stat. 393, ch. 513, § 1.

Office of Director of Public Health abolished: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 7-101.