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7 AAC 05.520. Use of permit: burial. The sexton, or any other person in charge of a cemetery or other burial grounds, or the owner of any land shall not permit the burial therein of any dead body or fetus unless it is accompanied by a proper burial-transit permit; provided that certain exceptions may be made for a fetus of less than 20 weeks gestation period, in accordance with the following regulation. (In effect before 7/28/59; am 7/25/60, Register 2) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 18.50.250 7 AAC 05.530. Gestation period. A burial-transit permit may be issued by a local registrar for the disposition of a fetus with a gestation period of less than 20 weeks, with or without the filing of a fetal death certificate; provided all other requirements have been met. For movement out of the state; for any shipment by common carrier; or for burial or other disposition in any public or other organized burial ground, vault, or crematory, a burial-transit permit shall be a prerequisite in cases of a fetus, irrespective of the length of gestation. All additional requirements pertaining to any dead body must also be fulfilled in such cases. (In effect before 7/28/59; am 7/25/60, Register 2) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 18.50.250 7 AAC 05.540. Disinterment. No body shall be disinterred for removal to another cemetery, or removed from a permanent vault for movement to another location, without a permit issued by the recording magistrate of the recording district within which the body is located, in accordance with the instructions of the