Section 1 Standard burial transit permit required No person, partnership or
corporation shall inter, assist in, or assent to or allow an interment of a dead human body, or aid or assist in the preparation of any grave or place of depository of any dead human body, or assist in the cremation or burial or transport or receive for interment, burial or transportation any dead human body, unless accompanied by a Standard Burial Transit Permit and all persons, partnerships and corporations must comply with the rules and regulations of the Board covering the transportation of dead human bodies

     Section 2 Disposition of permit The burial or removal permit issued by the local
registrar shall be delivered to the sexton, or other person receiving the dead human body for final disposition It shall be the duty of the person who shall receive any such permit to preserve and return the same to the Local Health Officer or Registrar of Vital Statistics of the respective city after the interment, cremation, or other disposition of the dead human body, stating therein the date and time of the interment, cremation, or other disposition and the number of grave or receptacle in which the dead human body was buried or sealed

     Section 3 Embalming fluids The use of enbalming fluids, hardening compounds
and preservatives for the preparation of dead human bodies, containing mineral poisons, is strictly forbidden in the state of Wyoming

     Section 4 Embalming one who died of communicable disease

     (a)     The bodies of those who have died of a contagious communicable infectious
disease as set out in Chapter IV, supra, shall not be transported nor accepted for transportation
unless prepared by being thoroughly disinfected and embalmed by,

          (i)     arterial and cavity injection with an effective disinfecting and enbalming
fluid;

          (ii)     disinfecting and stopping all orifices with dry absorbent cotton;

          (iii)     washing the dead human body with a disinfectant

     (b)     Those bodies who have died in such a manner as to prevent arterial and cavity
enbalming, and were infected with a communicable disease at the time of death, must be hypodermically and topically treated with an effective disinfecting and preserving fluid and/or powder The dead human body must then be placed in a container which is resistant to the flow of air and fluids, a disaster pouch being the minimum container with a zipper sealed witha good sealant

     Section 5 Embalming one who died of non-communicable disease

     (a)     Bodies dead from any cause not stated in Chapter IV, supra, may be received
for out-of-state transportation by common carriers, when prepared by being thoroughly disinfected by:

          (i)     arterial and cavity injections with an approved disinfecting fluid
containing not less than ten percent (10%) of forty percent (40%) formaldehyde solution;

          (ii)     disinfecting and stopping of all orifices with dry absorbent cotton; and

          (iii)     washing the dead human body with a disinfectant

     (b)     After being prepared and disinfected as above, the bodies shall be enclosed in a
casket or a shipping container

     (c)     Bodies which are badly burned, mangled or mutilated to the a degree that they
cannot be embalmed by conventional arterial and cavity enbalming, shall be treated by hypodermic injections and topical applications of strong disinfectants and preservatives After the treatments, they shall be placed in a container which resists the flow of air and fluids, a minimum of a disaster pouch as described in previous sections Before transportation is made by common carrier, the minimum container must be placed in a shipping container or regular casket to prevent the minimum container from being damaged during shipment

     Section 6 Standard burial transit permit as shipping paster - use of duplicate

     (a)     The Standard Burial Transit Permit, referred to in Section 33-16-109, WS
1977, as a shipping paster, shall be the only form necessary for burial, removal or shipment of dead human bodies within the state of Wyoming and to other states and to Mexico and Canada

     (b)     When used as a transit permit for transportation of a dead human body by a
common carrier, a duplicate of the standard burial transit permit may be enclosed in a strong envelope and attached to the shipping case No separate transit permit is necessary and the use of the duplicate permit is optional with the funeral director Shipping instructions must be attached to the box or case so they may be easily read by common carrier employees

     Section 7 Time for transportation No embalmed dead human body (except
disinterred body) shall be accepted for common carrier transportation unless the enbalming process has been completed

     Section 8 Use for anatomical purposes The bodies of those dead from any cause
stated in Chapter IV, supra, to be used for demonstration of anatomy in colleges and schools of
enbalming, or for use of the Board, may be received for transportation when prepared bybeing thoroughly disinfected by arterial injection with an approved fluid After being prepared as above, the bodies may be received for transportation

     Section 9 Reshipment Bodies which have been embalmed and are in good condition
when received from another state may be reshipped by a Wyoming licensed embalmer by obtaining a burial transit permit from the local registrar Bodies not in good condition shall not be reshipped until said bodies have been prepared and disinfected according to the rules governing the preparation and transportation of dead human bodies in the state of Wyoming

     Section 10 Disinterred bodies

     (a)     Before bodies can be disinterred, a permit for disinterment, transportation and
reinterment must be obtained from a local registrar on a form approved by the State Department of Health When the dead human body is to be shipped by railroad express or other common carrier, the local registrar is authorized to issue the permit in duplicate, one copy which is to be firmly attached to the casket or shipping box, preferably in a strong envelope Bodies to be shipped by common carrier must be closed in a tightly sealed container to prevent the escape of fluids or odors

     (b)     When a second funeral director is to reinter the dead human body, his name
should be added to the front side of the permit below the name of the funeral director who disinterred the dead human body

     (c)     Permits to disinter a dead human body may be issued only to Wyoming licensed
embalmers or funeral directors

     (d)     The administrative procedure will be as follows:

          (i)     The person wishing to disinter a dead human body applies to the local
registrar of the district in which the dead human body is buried and receives a permit from him filled out with the items above the registrar's name

          (ii)     This permit is presented at the cemetery where the dead human body is
to be disinterred, where the permit is endorsed by the superintendent, sexton, or person in charge

          (iii)     Then, the permit is surrendered to the superintendent or person in charge
of the cemetery of reinterment who endorses and forwards the permit within ten (10) days to his own local registrar

          (iv)     The latter forwards the permit with his monthly returns to the State
Registrar for entry of the place and date of reinterment on the original death certificate

     (e)     No person shall disinter a dead human body without first securing a permit from
the local registrar of the district in which the dead human body is buried The above is alsoapplied for the opening of a grave for any purpose whatsoever