Permits

1. The funeral practitioner who first obtains custody of a dead body or fetus shall obtain a final disposition-transit permit before final disposition or removal from this state of the body or fetus. 2. The final disposition-transit permits must be issued by the state registrar or a subregistrar and must be filed in the office of the county recorder where the final disposition occurs in accordance with the requirements of sections 23-02.1-19 and 23-02.1-20. 3. A final disposition-transit permit issued under the laws of another state which accompanies a dead body or fetus brought into this state is authority for final disposition of the body or fetus in this state. 4. A permit for disinterment and reinterment is required before disinterment of a dead body or fetus except as authorized by rules or otherwise provided by law. The permit must be issued by the state registrar to a funeral practitioner upon proper application.