GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 10. COMMERCE AND TRADE |
Chapter 14. CEMETERY AND FUNERAL SERVICES |
Section 10-14-30. Adoption of minimum standards by Secretary of State
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- The Secretary of State, by rule, may adopt minimum standards for interment of human remains, including, without limitation, standards for depth of burial, composition of vaults, caskets, and other containers, siting and marking of burial lots, and minimum standards for construction of mausoleums and columbaria. In addition, the Secretary of State may, by rule, provide for the minimum standards for or prohibition of aboveground burial containers.
Code 1981, § 10-14-30, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 882, § 1.