A-5.02, r. 1 - Regulation respecting the application of the Funeral Operations Act

Section 80 Disposition versions

2019-01-01

80. More than 48 hours after death, an unembalmed body may not be presented or a viewing may not be held, except in the following cases:

(1)  within a maximum period of 30 days after death, that body, kept at a temperature of 4°C or less, and placed in an impervious container itself placed in a closed casket, may be placed, after removal from the refrigerated space, in the presence of the public for a period of not more than 3 hours;

(2)  for a maximum duration of 30 minutes before embalming or cremation and only for the purpose of identifying the body, where no physical contact with the body is possible.

O.C. 1194-2018, s. 80.

Not in force

In force: 2019-01-01

80. More than 48 hours after death, an unembalmed body may not be presented or a viewing may not be held, except in the following cases:

(1)  within a maximum period of 30 days after death, that body, kept at a temperature of 4°C or less, and placed in an impervious container itself placed in a closed casket, may be placed, after removal from the refrigerated space, in the presence of the public for a period of not more than 3 hours;

(2)  for a maximum duration of 30 minutes before embalming or cremation and only for the purpose of identifying the body, where no physical contact with the body is possible.

O.C. 1194-2018, s. 80.