213.991 Penalties.
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(1)Any person who shall cremate or cause to be cremated or transport or cause to be
transported for the purpose of cremation, the body of any person whose death
occurs in the Commonwealth, without first obtaining from the coroner of the county
in which death occurred, authorization for the transportation and cremation shall be
guilty of a Class D felony.
(2)Any person shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor who:
(a)Willfully and knowingly makes any false statement in a certificate, record, or
report required by this chapter or in an application for an amendment thereof
or in an application for a certified copy of a vital record or who willfully and
knowingly supplies false information intending that such information be used
in the preparation of any report, record or certificate or amendment thereof;
(b)Without lawful authority and with the intent to deceive, makes counterfeits,
alters, amends or mutilates any certificate, record or report required by this
chapter or a certified copy of such certificate, record or report;
(c)Willfully and knowingly obtains, possesses, uses, sells, furnishes or attempts
to obtain, possess, use, sell or furnish to another, for any purpose of deception,
any certificate, record or report required by this chapter or certified copy
thereof so made, counterfeited, altered, amended, mutilated or which is false
in whole or in part or which relates to the birth of another person whether
living or deceased;
(d)As an employee of the Vital Statistics Branch or any office designated under
KRS 213.036, willfully and knowingly furnishes or processes a certificate of
birth or certified copy of a certificate of birth with the knowledge or intention
that it may be used for the purpose of deception; or
(e)Without lawful authority possesses any certificate, record, or report required
by this chapter or a copy or certified copy of such certificate, record, or report
knowing same to have been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained.
(3)Any person shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor who:
(a)Willfully and knowingly refuses to provide information required by this
chapter or administrative regulations adopted hereunder;
(b)Willfully and knowingly transports or accepts for transportation, interment, or
other disposition a dead body without an accompanying permit as provided in
this chapter;
(c)Willfully and knowingly neglects or violates any of the provisions of this
chapter or refuses to perform any of the duties imposed upon him or her by
this chapter; or
(d)As an employee of the Vital Statistics Branch or any office designated under
KRS 213.036, willfully and knowingly violates the confidentiality provisions
of KRS 213.131.
(4)Repeated failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter shall be sufficient
cause for the cabinet to file a report with the applicable medical, dental, chiropractic, or funeral director licensure board citing the omissions of lawful duty and requesting that appropriate disciplinary action be taken.