21. Prerequisite: No embalmer, funeral director or other person may take possession of a body or carry out any operation on such body without having been given a return of death; he must keep the attestation for at least 5 years in a readily accessible place and exhibit it, upon request, to any inspector appointed under the Act.
R.R.Q., 1981, c. P-35, r. 1, s. 21; O.C. 1604-93, s. 17.