Families have access to the funeral home, mortuary or crematorium where their deceased is located. The internal regulations specify the terms and conditions of this access.
The prefect of the department draws up a list of the régies, companies and associations and their establishments to which it has granted authorisation, in accordance with Article L. 2223-23. This list is updated every year. It is displayed in the reception areas of funeral chambers, mortuary rooms and crematoria and is available to families there. The list includes the business name of the operator, the activities for which authorisation…
The managers of the facilities mentioned in article R. 2223-68 must ensure that no commercial documents are visible, subject to the provisions of articles R. 2223-71 and R. 2223-88.
When, in exceptional circumstances, certain provisions of this paragraph are difficult to apply, the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for Health shall provide for them by means of temporary measures taken after obtaining the opinion of the High Council for Public Health.
The creation or extension of a burial chamber is authorised by the prefect. The application file for the creation or extension of a burial chamber must include: – an explanatory note; – a site plan; – a draft public notice detailing the terms of the planned project. The notice is then published, at the applicant’s expense, in two regional or local newspapers. The prefect consults the town council, which gives…
The staff of funeral directors, undertakers or associations and their establishments authorised in accordance with Article L. 2223-23 mandated by any person who is entitled to provide for the funeral, have access to funeral chambers for the deposit and removal of bodies and the practice of the conservation treatments mentioned in 3° of article L. 2223-19 and funeral grooming.
Admission to the funeral home takes place within forty-eight hours of the death. It takes place at the written request: – either from any person who is entitled to provide for the funeral and provides proof of his or her civil status and domicile; – or from the person in whose home the death occurred, provided that he or she certifies in writing that it has been impossible for him…
When death has occurred on the public highway or in a place open to the public, admission of the body to a funeral home is requested by the police or gendarmerie authorities. A doctor is assigned to ascertain beforehand the reality and cause of death. In the cases provided for in article 81 of the Civil Code and in article 74 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the admission of…
Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions, the body of a deceased person may not be admitted to a funeral home, located outside the territory of the commune of the place of death, without the declaration of transport made to the mayor of the commune of the place of death. However, this declaration is not required when the transport is requested by the police or gendarmerie authorities, provided that they report…
When the transfer to a funeral home of the body of a person who has died in a public or private health establishment, which does not fall into the category of those required to have a mortuary in accordance with article L. 2223-39, has been carried out at the request of the director of the establishment, the costs resulting from transport to the funeral home shall be borne by the…
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