§ 5-506
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§5–506.
(a)A health officer may take control of a body that is being kept in a room where an individual lives and that is in a condition that endangers an individual in the house where the body is kept if:
(1)At least 3 individuals living near the house or a physician asks the health officer, in writing, to order final disposition of the body;
(2)The health officer issues an order for final disposition, within a time period stated in the order; and
(3)Final disposition of the body is not made within that time.
(b)A person may not obstruct the carrying out of an order of a health officer under this section.