N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 4162

§ 4162. Fetal deaths; burial and removal; permits. 1. A permit shall\nbe required for the removal, transportation, burial or other disposition\nof remains resulting from a fetal death, other than fetal tissue,\nhydatidiform mole or other evidence of pregnancy recovered by curettage\nor operative procedures or other products of conception of under twenty\nweeks uterogestation.\n 2. Such permit shall be issued by the local registrar of the district\nin which the fetal death occurred upon presentation by the funeral\ndirector of a report of fetal death, on the form prescribed by the\ncommissioner. The issuance of such permit shall be subject to the\nprovisions of title IV of this article.\n