§ 759.49 — Rules governing product of fetal death

Ohio § 759.49

• Jurisdiction: Ohio
• Title 7: Municipal Corporations
• Ch. 759: Cemeteries

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(A) As used in this section and section759.491of the Revised Code, "fetal death" has the same meaning as in section3705.01of the Revised Code.

(B) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation owning a public burial ground or cemetery, whether within or without the municipal corporation, may pass and provide for the enforcement of ordinances for the burial, re-interment, or disinterment of the product of a fetal death in that public burial ground or cemetery.

(C) With regard to the product of a fetal death, on the request of the mother and in compliance with the public burial ground or cemetery's ordinances, a public burial ground or cemetery shall inter the product of the fetal death in accordance with one of the following:

(1) In a single grave within the public burial ground or cemetery that contains, or will contain, the remains of a parent, sibling, or grandparent;

(2) In another location of the public burial ground or cemetery, including a separate burial ground for infants, on a temporary or permanent basis.

Legislative History

Effective: September 12, 2008 | Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 175 - 127th General Assembly