The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 26 : Professions and Occupations
Chapter 021 : Funeral Services
Subchapter 003 : PREPAID FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
(Cite as: 26 V.S.A. § 1277)-
§ 1277. Suspicious cases
A person shall not embalm or introduce any fluid into a body of a person who has died under suspicious circumstances or when a criminal cause of death is suspected until after a legal investigation has determined the facts. An embalmer shall forthwith report any such case to the office of the Chief Medical Examiner and obtain permission to embalm the body. (Added 2009, No. 35, § 25.)