§ 5.16.060. Death by disease  


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  • It shall be unlawful for any person having the possession or charge of the remains of any person who shall have died with any contagious disease to permit such remains to be viewed by any person except the attending physician, the representative of the board of health, the undertaker and his assistants and the immediate members of the family of the decedent, or to permit public services to be held over such remains within the premises where the death of such person occurred, or to remove or cause to be removed the body of such deceased person from said premises or any place other than a cemetery or crematory.

    It shall be unlawful for any undertaker to assist in any public or church funeral on the body of any person who has died of a contagious disease.

    It shall be unlawful for any person without a written permit from the board of health to remove or cause to be removed any person afflicted with a contagious disease from any building to any other building.