N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 4162
Products of conception; burial and removal; permits
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Current — January 1, 2026
As of January 1, 2015
§ 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
§ 4162. Products of conception; burial and removal; permits. 1. Upon\nrequest a permit shall be issued for the removal, transportation, burial\nor other disposition of products of conception.\n 2. Such permit shall be issued by the local registrar of the district\nin which the pregnancy loss occurred upon request by the funeral\ndirector seeking to take possession of the products of conception, on\nthe form prescribed by the commissioner. The issuance of such permit\nshall be subject to the provisions of title IV of this article.\n
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