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§ 48 — Cremation; certificates for burial

Massachusetts § 48
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title XVIPUBLIC HEALTH
Ch. 114CEMETERIES AND BURIALS

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, § 48 (2026).

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Section 48. An undertaker shall not bury the ashes of a human body until he has received from the person having the charge of the crematory a certificate that the burial permit and the certificate of the medical examiner prerequisite to the cremating of said body have been duly presented.

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