R9-19-308. Disposition-transit Permits

A. A local registrar or deputy local registrar shall collaborate with the State Registrar to ensure that a funeral establishment or responsible person is able to obtain a disposition-transit permit during hours when the office of the local registrar or deputy local registrar is not open for business. B. A funeral establishment or responsible person shall obtain a disposition-transit permit for human remains from a deceased individual or a fetal death before a final disposition of the human remains is initiated. 1. A disposition-transit permit may list more than one final disposition. 2. A disposition-transit permit issued by the State Registrar or any local registrar or deputy local registrar is valid for each final disposition listed on the disposition-transit permit of the human remains in any registration district in the state or, if listed on the disposition-transit permit, for removal from the state. 3. A crematory shall not accept human remains for cremation unless the accompanying disposition-transit permit specifies cremation as a final disposition. C. The State Registrar or the local registrar or deputy local registrar of the county where a death or fetal death occurred shall not issue a disposition-transit permit to a funeral establishment or responsible person for the human remains from the deceased individual or the fetal death unless: 1. For the human remains from the deceased individual: a. A medical certification of death for the deceased individual, required in R9-19-303(C)(2) or R9-19- 304(B), has been submitted to the local registrar of the county where the death occurred; and b. The following information is contained in the deceased individual’s death record: i. The deceased individual’s name, sex, and date of birth; ii. The date of death; iii. The town or city, county, and state where the death occurred; iv. The cause of death as listed on the deceased individual’s medical certification of death; v. The anticipated final disposition of the human remains as specified in R9-19-302(A)(1)(w) through (z); vi. If applicable, the name of the funeral establishment; and vii. The name of the funeral director or responsible person in charge of the final disposition of the human remains; 2. For the human remains from the fetal death, the following information is contained in the deceased’s fetal death record: a. The name of the mother; b. The date of delivery; c. The estimated gestational age of the human remains or, if the gestational age is unknown, the weight of the human remains; d. The anticipated final disposition of the human remains, as required in R9-19-305(B)(1)(p) through (s); e. If applicable, the name of the funeral establishment; and f. The name of the funeral director or responsible person in charge of the final disposition of the human remains; 3. If the information in the death record or fetal death record, as applicable, indicates that the death or fetal death may have occurred under a circumstance in A.R.S. § 11-593(A), the medical examiner has, as applicable: a. Signed the medical certification of death; b. Submitted the information in R9-19-306(B); or c. Notified the State Registrar, local registrar, or deputy local registrar according to R9-19-304(A)(1)(c) or R9-19-306(A)(1)(c); and 4. If cremation is listed as an anticipated final disposition for the human remains, the State Registrar or a local registrar or deputy local registrar has obtained an approval for cremation from the medical examiner of the county where the death or fetal death occurred. D. A person who submitted the information to request a disposition-transit permit shall not have the right to appeal, as prescribed in A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6, Article 6, the State Registrar’s determination to deny a request for a disposition-transit permit if the human remains of a deceased individual or from a fetal death have been transported for final disposition before the person who submitted the information receives the written notice specified in R9-19-103(E)(2)(c).