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(a) All human remains shall be disinfected by approved disinfecting solutions so that there will be no danger of spreading disease or infection.
(b) Embalmers shall take every precaution to prevent the spread of infections from persons who have died of communicable diseases.
(c) It shall be the duty and responsibility of all physicians licensed to practice medicine in the State of Alaska who are in attendance or any physician who by virtue of his appointment as medical examiner or local health officer shall have knowledge or suspect that a person has died of a communicable disease which may reasonably constitute a threat to the health of morticians and their staffs, village officials, clergymen, and all others involved in the handling and preparation of a dead human body, to inform and counsel such individuals promptly of this hazard or potential threat to their health and safety. Appropriate precautionary measures to prevent the spread of communicable diseases from deceased human bodies to employees of mortuary establishments, persons contracted to provide services involved in the preparation and handling of dead human bodies, and to the general public, shall be undertaken at all times and shall be the responsibility of the funeral director, or in his absence, the senior village official present.
(d) When death has occurred from smallpox, plague, anthrax, diphtheria, meningococcal meningitis, cholera, epidemic typhus, or any unusual and highly communicable disease, the body shall be handled and prepared under strict quarantine regulations. If one of the above named communicable diseases occurred or was reasonably suspected to be present, the body shall be embalmed by a licensed embalmer and immediately placed in a casket or coffin which shall be permanently closed unless the Commissioner of Health and Social Services shall make a specific exception.
History: In effect before 7/28/59; am 2/21/71, Register 37
Authority: AS 18.05.040
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