What is Act No. 256 / 2001 Coll.?

Act No. 256 / 2001 Coll., on Funerals and on the Change of Certain Laws — Law on burial and the amendment of certain laws.

When it became Act No. 256 / 2001 Coll. effectiveness?

Act No. 256 / 2001 Coll. became effective 01.01.2002.

Is Act No. 256 / 2001 Coll. still valid?

Yes, Act No. 256 / 2001 Coll. is still valid and effective.

How many times was it Act No. 256 / 2001 Coll. amended?

Act No. 256 / 2001 Coll. has 17 time versions of the text.

Act No. 256 / 2001 Coll. - Law on burial and the amendment of certa...

256

THE LAW

of 29 June 2001

about burial and the amendment of certain laws

Parliament has decided on this law of the Czech Republic:

ČÁST PRVNÍ

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HLAVA I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 1

Subject matter

That law lays down the conditions for the treatment of human remains and human remains, the rights and obligations relating to the operation of the funeral service, the conduct of balms and the preservation of human remains, and the operation of crematories and burial sites.

§ 2

Definition of basic terms

For the purposes of this Act:

(a) the body of a dead human body or part thereof until burial, unless it is used for medical science, research or educational purposes under the conditions laid down by special legislation26; The body of the deceased is the body of a dead child,

(b) other human remnants of an abortion, including biological remnants of an abortion, if it is not possible to separate them from the fetus, in accordance with specific legislation; other human remains are always the foetus after abortion,

(c) human remains of the deceased and other human remains,

(d) human remains of human remains after burial;

(e) burial of human remains in the grave or tomb at the burial ground or cremation in the crematorium;

(f) a public burial site for the burial of human remains or the storage of human remains in the form of places for graves and tombs or a storage site for individual Urenas, dispersion or discharge meadows or combinations thereof;

(g) a burial place, a place in a burial place intended for the setting up of a grave or tomb or a dedicated place in a storage site of individual Urenas, or in a meadow;

(h) balsamic treatment of human remains preventing the development of post-mortem changes caused by rotting bacteria or insects;

(i) preservation of human remains slowing down the development of postmortem changes caused by rotting bacteria or insects;

(j) the treatment of the deceased's body prior to pietetic storage in the final coffin, in particular washing, shaving, cutting, cosmetic treatment and clothing or shroud;

(k) the final coffin of a tightly closed coffin with human remains intended for burial, made of wood panels or wood-based panels and meeting the criteria for the strength of the coffin for burial or at least parameters in accordance with a specified standard, as defined in Section 4a of the Act on Technical Requirements for Products and amending and supplementing certain laws;

(l) the identity of the name and, where appropriate, the name, surname, date of birth and nationality of the deceased;

(m) exhumation of human remains or urn with human remains from the burial ground;

(n) notification of death of information on the death of at least one of the persons referred to in Paragraph 114 (1) of the Civil Code;

(o) identification of other human remains by written confirmation of the abortion service provider containing data on the age of the fetus in weeks, if known, of his sex, if any, of the date of abortion, if known, or of the date of termination of pregnancy and of the name or, where applicable, of the mother's name,

(p) the defender of the funeral shall be the natural or legal person arranging the burial within 96 hours of notification of death or the municipality providing the burial pursuant to § 5 (1) to (3).

§ 3

Non-public burial ground

(1) Purpose equipment intended exclusively for the disposal of human remains or human remains of members of the religious orders or congregations and rooms for the storage of human remains or human remains of members, in particular of relatives, shall be considered a non-public burial ground.

(2) Non-public burial sites are also considered as special purpose facilities intended exclusively for the storage of human remains or human remains of members of registered churches and religious society3) whose internal rules and ceremonies do not allow the storage of human remains or human remains in a public burial site.

(3) Only a registered church and religious society (3) may be the founder and operator of a non-public burial site (3) on land owned by it. Paragraph 20 to 23 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the operation of private burial sites; Article 24 shall apply mutatis mutandis for the abolition of private burial sites.

(4) The Regional Office shall give an opinion on the intention of setting up a non-public burial site to verify that the requirements laid down in paragraph 2 are met. The expression of the Regional Authority is one of the grounds for the authorisation of the project required by the construction law. Paragraph 17 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the assessment of the intention to protect public health and the protection of groundwater and to the obligations of the registered church and religious society.

(5) An operator of a non-public burial site shall issue an order of the non-public burial site before commencing operations, which shall be approved by the Regional Office; a similar procedure must be followed for any change in the order of the non-public burial site. The Regional Authority shall approve the proposal submitted if it provides in particular for the burial of human remains and the registration of human remains.

§ 4

(1) Human remains and human remains must be treated with dignity and in such a way as not to endanger public health or public order; for these reasons it is prohibited

(a) to modify, conserve, embalm or expose the body of a deceased infected with plague, cholera, yellow fever, prickly pox, spills and haemorrhagic fever of the type Lassa, Marburg and Ebola, or other infectious diseases caused by other high-risk biological agents and their toxins, which provide for measures of a general nature by the competent authority for the protection of public health4a ("dangerous disease"); the body of the deceased in a state of advanced decomposition or infected with a dangerous disease may only be stored in the final coffin in a transport bag,

(b) to conserve, embalm or exhibit the body of the deceased, whether or not preserved or embalmed, without the consent of the deceased;

(c) expose human remains before burial, except for the unpreserved body of the deceased, which may be displayed in an open coffin within 1 week of death, and except for the preserved body of the deceased, which may be displayed in an open coffin after 1 week of death;

(d) to remove from the body natural persons irremovable;

(e) permanently deposit human remains or cremate them by any means other than those referred to in Section 2 (e);

(f) treat human remains or human remains in a manner affecting the dignity of the deceased or the moral feeling of the public;

(g) unjustly open the final coffin with human remains or an urn with human remains; and

(h) to unjustly open a grave or tomb or to exhume it.

(2) When killed on a seagoing vessel, human remains must be treated with dignity; the procedure for death is governed by specific legislation5).

(3) A health service provider providing overnight or berth care under special legislation (26) and a social services provider under § 34 (1) (c) to (f) of the Social Services Act, which

(a) it has a pathology or judicial medicine department established, it must:

1. to hand over human remains to the funeral service operator or to the provider of the funeral service, or to the person carrying out the embalming or preservation washed and, if an autopsy has been carried out, sewn up after completion, if possible,

2. ensure free of charge for the persons referred to in point 1 that the body of the deceased can be treated and that human remains are stored in the coffin in a suitable room and can be cleaned as necessary;

(b) it does not have a pathology department or a judicial department set up, it must ensure that the funeral service operator or the funeral giver or the embalming or preserving person can modify the body of the deceased in the appropriate room without charge and allow them to clean the necessary hygiene.

(4) Where there is a death in a health or social services establishment, the provider referred to in paragraph 3 shall bear, for 48 hours after death, the costs associated with the imposition of human remains. If an autopsy has been carried out, the time limit shall be 48 hours after its completion. Where burial was ensured at the time of the first sentence, the provider shall bear the costs of storing human remains only until the burial is ensured. At the end of that period, the costs associated with the imposition of human remains in a health or social services establishment and their transport or storage with another person shall be borne by the funeral agent.

(5) Where, after 48 hours of death, the provider referred to in paragraph 3 cannot ensure the disposal of human remains in his own establishment, he shall ensure that they are stored with another provider referred to in paragraph 3 or with the funeral service operator; in so doing, they shall not significantly exceed the normal operating costs of the relevant health or social service provider for cooling and, where appropriate, freezing, the storage of human remains before burial.

§ 4a

(1) The opening of the final coffin with human remains or urn with human remains is only authorized by the defender of the funeral.

(2) Only the funeral home operator or the person listed in the order of burial referred to in § 19 (2) (k) or the funeral home operator shall be entitled to open a grave or exhumation under the conditions set out in the order of burial in accordance with § 19 (2) (l).

(3) Paragraphs 1 and 2 are without prejudice to the authorization of a public prosecutor under special legislature10).

§ 5

(1) If, within 96 hours of notification of the death of the deceased, no funeral provider or any health service provider or university university which carries out anatomical autopsies in accordance with the conditions laid down in special legislation26 has agreed to show no interest in using the deceased's body for medical science and research or teaching purposes, or if the identity of the deceased has not been identified within 1 week of the detection of death, the burial shall be provided in a decent manner according to local practice by the municipality in whose territory the deceased's body was found or possibly unloaded from the means of transport. The municipality may conclude a public contract with another municipality to ensure burial under the first sentence; the condition laid down in Paragraph 63 (1) of the First Act on Municipality does not apply.

(2) If the municipality provides for the burial of the body of the deceased by incineration, it is part of the storage of an urn with human remains in a public burial ground.

(3) The body of a deceased who has not been identified can only be buried in a grave or tomb. If it is proved to be the body of a deceased national of a foreign state, the municipality may ensure that he is cremated in a crematorium only after having obtained the consent of the competent State to this type of burial in the territory of the Czech Republic; if, within 1 month of notification of death, the municipality has not received this consent, it shall ensure burial by burial in a grave or tomb.

(4) The activities referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 shall be carried out by the Municipality of Delegation. The implementing legislation sets out the process of the municipality in ensuring a decent burial method.

(5) The municipality which has provided for the burial provided for in paragraphs 1 to 3 shall declare its claim in respect of the costs effectively incurred for decent burial in accordance with local practices into the liabilities of the estate. If the estate procedure has been terminated or the jurisdiction of the Czech courts has not been given to it, the municipality shall recover these costs from the Ministry of Regional Development ("the Ministry ').

(6) The person with whom the body of the deceased is stored must immediately inform the municipality in whose territory the body of the deceased has been killed or found or, where appropriate, unloaded from the means of transport, that the facts referred to in paragraph 1 have occurred.

(7) The county sanitation station may, if a person has been infected with a dangerous disease at the time of death,

(a) establish for the providers of the funeral service the treatment of human remains; and

(b) decide on the obligation of the provider of the funeral, if it is not possible to rule out the risk of infection, on burial by incineration, irrespective of the will of the deceased or, where applicable, of persons referred to in Paragraph 114 (1) of the Civil Code or of the interpreter of the funeral, including in the cases referred to in paragraph 3.

(8) An appeal against a decision pursuant to paragraph 7 shall not have suspensory effect.

(9) The cost of transporting human remains and acts associated with them, except for transporting human remains for autopsy, shall be borne by the interpreter of the funeral.

§ 5a

(1) A provider of health services in whose healthcare establishment an abortion or termination of pregnancy has occurred at the request of a woman or for medical reasons,

(a) ensure that other human remains are stored for burial for 96 hours after abortion or termination of pregnancy; in such a case, for the purposes of this Act, abortion or termination of pregnancy shall be deemed to be such as to constitute death; Paragraph 4 (4) and (5) shall apply mutatis mutandis,

(b) issue other human remains for burial with the identification of other human remains at the request of the person referred to in Article 114 (1) of the Civil Code within the period referred to in (a).

(2) If, within the period referred to in paragraph 1 (a), none of the persons referred to in § 114 (1) of the Civil Code has requested the issue of other human remains for burial, the health service provider referred to in § 4 (3) shall dispose of them in accordance with the specific legislation27).

HLAVA II

HEALTH SERVICES, BALSATION AND CONSERVATION, CREMATORIUM

Díl 1

Funeral services

Operation of funeral services

§ 6

Operation of funeral services

(1) The operation of a funeral service involving activities related to the treatment of human remains, their burial and transport is a licensed business, with the exception of the operation of burial sites, embalming and preservation, cremation of human remains or human remains, including the storage of human remains in Urenas.

(2) An applicant for a concession to operate a funeral service must demonstrate his professional competence, which means the successful acquisition of a professional qualification by the negotiator of burial and professional qualification by the worker for the modification and transport of human remains under the special regulation28); and

(a) minimum secondary education with a graduate examination and three years' experience in funeral services; or

(b) at least basic education and 10 years' experience in funeral services.

(3) The opinion of the Regional Health Centre is necessary to grant a concession to operate the funeral service. The Regional Health Centre shall give a positive opinion if the applicant for the concession is in possession of:

(a) refrigeration and freezing equipment complying with the requirements of Article 7 (1) (a) and (f);

(b) a road motor vehicle intended for the transport of human remains complying with the requirements of Paragraph 9 (1); and

(c) a room for the treatment of the deceased's body and for the storage of human remains in the coffin complying with the requirements of § 7 (1) (h).

(4) Cooling and freezing equipment referred to in paragraph 3 (a) and the room for adjusting the body of the deceased referred to in paragraph 3 (a). (c) they must not be located in the premises and premises of a health or social services establishment.

§ 7

Obligations of the funeral service operator

(1) The funeral service operator shall:

(a) adjust the body of the deceased and use coffins for the disposal of human remains until burial and use only refrigerated or refrigerated facilities, where appropriate, facilities whose capacity must correspond to an average of three days' need but with at least three places;

(b) issue, before the start of operations, a funeral order which must be approved by the Regional Health Station, published in a visible place and carried out business in accordance with it; a similar procedure must be followed for any change in the arrangements for the conduct of the funeral service;

(c) refrain from negotiating burial in the premises and premises of a health or social services establishment, including through another person;

(d) to refrain from contact with survivors of insensitive behaviour and to allow the participation of registered churches, religious societies or other persons in the wake of funeral ceremonies, in accordance with the manifested will of the deceased, and, if that person has not spoken to the funeral ceremony during his life, also in accordance with the manifested will of the persons referred to in § 114 (1) of the Civil Code;

(e) proceed after the body of the deceased has been taken over in accordance with the instructions given on the certificate of inspection of the deceased and, where appropriate, laid down by the State Prosecutor, who is authorised to do so under special legislature10),

(f) to store human remains until burial only in a coffin or in another similar container in a refrigerating device ensuring a continuous temperature retention of between 0 ° C and + 5 ° C and, where the time from the detection of death by the examining doctor to burial exceeds 1 week or where the condition of human remains so requires, in a refrigerating device ensuring a permanent temperature retention of less than - 10 ° C;

(g) to hand over to the crematorium or burial ground operator, together with human remains or human remains, the document referred to in Article 14 (1) or (2) or Article 22 (2); in the case of other human remains, to transfer the identification of other human remains,

(h) free of charge to enable the interpreter of the funeral to adjust the body of the deceased and to store human remains in the coffin in a room with easy-to-wash walls and impermeable floors, provided with adequate lighting, supply of hot and cold water, ventilation and protection against insects intended for the treatment of the deceased's body, and for the storage of human remains in the coffin, and to enable the necessary hygiene cleansing;

(i) to call for the receipt and transmission of the urn with human remains to the body of the funeral practitioner in the manner and within the time limit laid down by the order for the performance of the funeral service; if, within 12 months of the date of the invitation by the funeral service operator to take over the funeral service provider, the funeral service operator does not take over the urn, or if not such a person, the funeral service operator is obliged to ensure that the human remains are placed in a common grave at a public burial site,

(j) keep records of the treatment of human remains and human remains, in particular to the extent that:

1. the name and, where appropriate, the name, surname, place and date of birth, if known, the place and date of death, if known, a copy of the search sheet of the deceased;

2. identification of other human remains; and

3. a copy of the document of cremation or burial, the date and time of receipt of human remains or human remains, the date and time of their storage in the refrigerated or, where applicable, freezing equipment, the date and time of transmission of human remains or human remains to the operator of the burial or crematorium, the registration number of the vehicle which transported the human remains or human remains;

(k) comply with the requirements for technical equipment referred to in Article 6 (3); and

(l) carry out disinfection of operating areas, rooms for the treatment of the body of the deceased, refrigeration and freezing equipment, work equipment and vehicles intended for transporting human remains and human remains.

(2) The funeral service operator shall be entitled to take over the body of the deceased for an agreed burial only if the death or birth of the dead child is documented

(a) a sheet of the examination of the deceased by the examining physician and, in the case of an autopsy, supplemented by the relevant particulars by the doctor who carried out the autopsy and followed the instructions given on that sheet;

(b) in the event of suspicion of an offence relating to death, in addition to the documents referred to in (a), by the consent of the public prosecutor who is authorised to do so under special legislature10).

(3) Other human remains are only entitled to be taken over by the funeral service operator for the agreed burial if the identification of other human remains is supported.

(4) Records relating to the conduct of the funeral service referred to in paragraph 1 (b). (j) they must be kept in the form of a book which is documented, true and legible. Minutes shall be made without undue delay.

§ 7a

Order for funeral services

In order to operate the funeral service, the operator shall, in particular:

(a) the scope of the services provided;

(b) the duties of the provider of the funeral in connection with the behaviour of the deceased's body and the laying of human remains in the coffin, maintaining the dignity of this place and the rules on the use of funeral services by other persons;

(c) the procedure for storing human remains in a state of advanced decomposition in the coffin and for transporting them;

(d) the manner in which human remains and human remains transported and recorded, from their taking over to their grave or tomb, or, where appropriate, the transfer to the crematorium operator, or for embalming or preserving to the minimum extent provided for in Article 7 (1) (j);

(e) the procedure for carrying out disinfection in the operating premises, the room for the treatment of the body of the deceased, cooling and freezing equipment, work aids and vehicles intended for the transport of human remains and human remains;

(f) the manner in which the invitation, taking over and the time limit for handing over the urn with the human remains to the interpreter of the funeral.

Transport of human remains and human remains

§ 8

(1) The funeral service operator shall ensure:

(a) when transported to the place of burial or when the body of the deceased is exposed to his clothing or shroud, or, if the clothing is not possible, his dignified cover and deposit in the final coffin; in other cases they may also be stored in the coffin or in the transport bag,

(b) the storage of human remains in a state of advanced decomposition or the body of the deceased, which is infected with a dangerous disease, only into the final coffin, in the transport bag;

(c) the marking of caskets and transport bags in such a way as to correspond to the documentation issued by the viewing physician and to avoid confusion of human remains contained therein.

(2) Where the transport of unpreserved or unembalmed human remains exceeds 8 hours or a distance of 500 km, the funeral service operator shall ensure that the human remains are stored in an airtight box or stored in refrigerating or freezing facilities where appropriate.

(3) Where the funeral service operator provides transport of human remains or exhumed human remains by road through another carrier, it may conclude a transport contract provided that it contains an obligation on the carrier to carry out transport only by means of means of transport complying with the requirements laid down in Paragraph 9 (1).

(4) Human remains may also be transported by the health service provider, under the conditions laid down in Article 9 (1), in addition to the funeral service operator, to perform the autopsy as part of the health services.

§ 9

(1) Human remains and exhumed non-extinguished human remains may be transported on the road only in a special purpose vehicle which must be approved under another legislation (11) as a funeral home. The loading area of the special purpose vehicle shall be intended exclusively for their transport in caskets or in transport stretchers with bags, including items intended for the holding of a funeral which may be carried together, and shall be equipped with lighting and necessary attachments for the attachment of caskets or transport carriers with bags. The walls and bottom of the loading area shall be easily washable.

(2) The transport of human remains covered by international treaties binding on the Czech Republic shall be carried out in the manner regulated by these treaties. The accompanying certificate for the transport of human remains required under the relevant international agreement, 12) is issued by the Regional Health Station.

(3) If death occurs in the territory of a State which is not bound by the relevant international agreement, 12) the approval of the diplomatic mission or consular office responsible for representing the interests of the Czech Republic is necessary for the transport of the deceased's body in or through the territory of the Czech Republic. The consent may be given on presentation of the death certificate referred to in Article 22 (2) and a confirmation that there is no objection to transport from a criminal or health point of view, in particular that the person to be transported was not infected with a dangerous disease at the time of death. The same procedure applies to the body of a deceased foreign national in the territory of the Czech Republic against diplomatic missions or consular offices of states whose deceased was.

Díl 2

Balsamation and preservation

§ 10

(1) The implementation of balsamation and preservation is a licensed business. 6)

(2) The applicant for the concession for the implementation of balsamation and preservation must demonstrate his professional competence, which is to say the successful acquisition of professional qualifications by the worker for the modification and transport of human remains and the professional qualification by the worker for the higher hygiene arrangements of the bodies of the deceased under the special legislature28), and the completion of specialised training focused on professional issues related to balsamation and preservation; and

(a) higher education in the Master's study programme in the field of general medicine;

(b) higher education in the Bachelor's study programme in the field of health;

(c) higher vocational education of a group of fields of education Health, Diplomatic general nurse, Diplomatic pediatric nurse, Diplomatic intensive care nurse or Diplomatic midwife,

(d) secondary education of a group of fields of education Health, general nurse, nurse or midwife; or

(e) at least a secondary education with a graduate examination and five years of experience in embalming and preserving.

(3) The specialised training referred to in paragraph 2 shall be provided in accordance with a specific legislation; (7) its content and scope, including the particulars of the document of successful completion of the specialised training, shall be laid down in the implementing legislation.

(4) In order to grant a concession for the implementation of balsamation and preservation, the opinion of the Regional Sanitary Station8 is required) issued under a special legislation. 9) The Regional Health Station will issue a positive opinion if the concession applicant has a suitable room for embalming and preserving and equipment to be used for embalming and preserving is not contrary to public health requirements.

§ 10a

Order for embalming and preservation

(1) Before commencing the operation of balsamation and preservation, the operator of that trade shall issue a schedule for the implementation of the balsamation and preservation, which shall be approved by the Regional Sanitation Station, and carry out the trade in accordance with it; a similar procedure must be followed in any change in the order for embalming and preservation.

(2) The order for embalming and preserving must be published in a visible place. The operator shall, in particular:

(a) the scope of the services provided;

(b) the obligations of persons carrying out balsamation and preservation and other persons involved in the provision of this activity with a view to maintaining the piety;

(c) the procedure for transporting, embalming and preserving human remains; and

(d) the way in which the embalmed human remains are stored and recorded, from their take-over to their burial in the grave or tomb, or their transfer to the crematorium operator.

§ 11

The person performing the balsamation and preservation is

(a) be obliged to refrain from contact with survivors of insensitive behaviour;

(b) authorised to take over the body of the deceased for embalming or preservation only if the fact of death is substantiated by a certificate of inspection of the deceased issued by the examining doctor and, in the event of an autopsy accompanied by the relevant particulars, by the doctor who performed the autopsy; In addition, in the event of suspicion of a criminal offence in connection with death, written consent of the public prosecutor authorised to do so under special legislature10 is required;

(c) authorised to take over other human remains only if the identification of other human remains is supported.

Díl 3

Crematorium

§ 12

Establishment of a crematorium

A crematorium can only be established on the basis of a design authorisation under the construction law. The authority concerned is also always the Regional Health Station, which, for the purposes of the project authorisation procedure, gives an opinion on the protection of public health.

Operation of crematorium

§ 13

(1) The operation of a crematorium involving the burial and handling of human remains or the incineration of exhumed human remains in the final coffin, the handling of human remains, the storage of human remains in Urenas, the transfer of human remains and the keeping of associated records is a licensed trade).

(2) An applicant for a concession to operate a crematorium must demonstrate his or her professional competence, which means the successful acquisition of a professional qualification by a crematorium operator and a professional qualification by the crematorium administrator under a special legislature28); and

(a) minimum secondary education with a graduate examination and three years' experience in funeral services; or

(b) at least basic education and 10 years' experience in funeral services.

(3) In order to grant a concession to operate a crematorium, the opinion of the Regional Sanitary Station8 is necessary. The Regional Sanitation Station shall issue a positive opinion if the applicant for the concession will use a refrigeration and freezing device which complies with the conditions laid down in Article 7 (1) (f) for the disposal of human remains by incineration.

§ 14

(1) The crematorium operator shall be entitled to take over the body of the deceased or human remains for incineration and to cremate them only if the fact of death is documented by a death certificate, a accompanying document for the transport of the deceased's body (death passport), a report by an authorised authority of a foreign State or a certificate of inspection of the deceased issued under a specific legislation; In addition, in the event of suspicion of a criminal offence relating to death, written consent by a prosecutor or other law enforcement authority authorised to do so under special legislation10 is required.

(2) Other human remains are only authorised by the crematorium operator to be cremated if the identification of other human remains is supported.

(3) The crematorium operator is obliged to:

(a) cremate only human remains or exhumed human remains in the crematorium;

(b) issue the order of crematorium, which must be approved by the Regional Sanitary Station and published in a visible place, and operate the crematorium in accordance with these Regulations and special legislation15; a similar procedure must be followed for any change in the order of the crematorium,

(c) to refrain from contact with survivors of insensitive behaviour and to allow the participation of registered churches, religious societies or other persons in the wake of funeral ceremonies in accordance with the manifested will of the deceased and, if that person has not spoken to the funeral ceremony during his life, also in accordance with the manifestation of the will of the persons referred to in Article 114 (1) of the Civil Code;

(d) to store human remains until incineration only in the final coffin in a refrigeration or freezing device complying with the requirements referred to in Article 7 (1) (f). This shall not apply if the cremated human remains are carried out within 48 hours of their taking over; in this case, the crematorium operator is required to ensure that they are stored until they are cremated in a refrigerating device which ensures a lasting temperature range between 0 ° C and + 5 ° C, even if the time from the detection of death by the viewing physician exceeds or exceeds 1 week;

(e) ensure that caskets containing human remains or exhumed human remains are marked with an indestructible fire mark before being inserted into the cremation furnace, containing the number of the record of cremation following the records of human remains and human remains kept by it;

(f) to issue a document of cremation to the interpreter of the funeral containing:

1. the number of the incineration record referred to in point (g);

2. the unambiguous identification of the crematorium operator and the funeral service which has brought human remains or exhumed human remains to the crematorium,

3. details of the deceased within the scope of the name and, where applicable, the names and surnames, place and date of birth and death,

4. data on other human remains within the scope of identifying other human remains;

5. the date of burial of human remains or cremation of human remains;

(g) to store the human remains free of metallic and other non-combustible ingredients, together with the mark referred to in (e), in a firmly closed urn and mark it with the number of the incineration record following its records of human remains and human remains and the data referred to in Article 15 (2) (a) and (b);

(h) to call for the receipt and transmission of the urn with human remains to the funeral agent or funeral service operator in the manner and within the time limit laid down by the order of the crematorium; if, within 12 months of the date of cremation of the urn by the crematorium operator, the provider of the crematorium is obliged to deposit the human remains in a common grave in a public burial site.

§ 15

(1) The crematorium operator in the order of crematorium issued pursuant to Article 14 (3) (b) shall in particular:

(a) the procedure for receiving human remains and human remains for incineration, including species of caskets which may be cremated;

(b) the method of recording human remains and human remains until incineration;

(c) the obligations of visitors to the crematorium in connection with the order in the crematorium, maintaining the dignity of the place and the rules on the use of the crematorium facilities;

Citation	Act No. 256 / 2001 Coll., on Funerals and on the Change of Certain Laws
Regulation Type	Law
Author	-
Collection	Code of Laws

Date of Promulgation	25.07.2001
Effective from	01.01.2002
Effective until	-
Status	Valid

Act No. 256 / 2001 Coll.

Law on burial and the amendment of certain laws

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