Printed by the Environmental Health Service Department of Health Not for Sale DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICE Manila, Philippines 1997 IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF CHAPTER XxXI DISPOSAL OF DEAD PERSONS OF THE CODE ON SANITATION OF THE PHILIPPINES (PD. 856)IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF CHAPTER XXI- "DISPOSAL OF DEAD PERSONS" OF THE CODE ON SANITATION OF THE PHILIPPINES (P.D. 856) ‘TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. SECTION 1: Scope ae wet SECTION 2: Definition of Terms. l SECTION 3: Burial Ground Requirements 4 SECTION 4: Burial Requirements. lo 4.1 Death Cerificate Requirements... 10 42. Shipment of Remains 10 43 Grave Requirements u 44 Cost of Burial. n 45 Burial of Remains... n 4.6 Medico Legal Cases nnn nl 4.7 Death Due to Dangerous Communicable Diseases .... 13 SECTION 5: _Disinterment or Exhumation Requirements, 13 SECTION 6: Closure and Removal of Cemeteries 4 SECTION 7 Requirements for the Re-opening of Burial Grounds... 15 SECTION 8: Requirements for the Establishment and Operation of Crematorium. os 16 8.1 General Requirements 16 82. Design and Construction. 7 0 8.3. Disposal of Cremated Remains 0 SECTION 9: Funeral and Embalming Establishments, soe 18 9.1 Scope . 1B 9.2 Sanitary Permit 18 93. Personnel so 19 9.4 Classification of Funeral Bstablishments. 2 9.5 Sanitary Requirements of Funeral Chapels saonens 2E 9.6 Sanitary Requirements of Embalming. and Dressing Rooms.. 9.7 Sanitary Requirements for MorgQues nun SECTION 10: Evaluation and Inspection... 10.1 Responsible Officer. 10.2 Sanitation Inspection Fee. 103 Mission OrderPage No. 104 lomofoesabatnsapetra) ae ukraine 10.5 Recording of inspection 10.6 Report of Inspection 10.7 Re-inspeetion 10.8 Service of Notice Jz} OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Ke a) 30 September 1996 10.9 Revocation of Permit wn IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF CHAPTER XXI - 10.10 Summary Suspension of Permit “DISPOSAL OF DEAD PERSONS” OF THE CODE ON SANITATION TOM Appeels nen OF THE PHILIPPINES (PD. 856) 8 nee To carry out the provisions of Chapter XXI - “Disposal of Dead Persons” of ‘the Code on Sanitation of the Philippines (P.D. 856), these rules and regulatic SECTION 11: Committee of Examiners for Underakers 1 ippines ( ), these rules and regulations Commies of E * are hereby formalaed for implementation and sist compliance ofall © 111 Membership 28 11.2. Powers, Duties and Functions of the Commitee woe 28 SECTION 1. SCOPE 11.3 Examinetion for Undertakers and Embalmes. > ‘These implementing rules and regulations shall apply to all ererhatories, funeral HA Qualification of Applicants... oe 0 and embalming establishments, medical and research institutions, undertakers, 11.5 Application and Examination Fee we 30 ‘embalmers, public and private burial grounds and other similar institutions 11.6 Scope of Examination we 3H ‘operated by government agencies or instrumentalities including goverament- 11.7 Passing Average. ae ‘owned or controlled corporations, private organizations, firms, individuals or 1.8 Ceneat of Regstation of Unertersand other entities. Enibalmers mee 31 19 Bxemy sons 3B SECTION 2. DEFINITION OF TERMS SECTION 12: Prats of Undenaking an Embalig nnn 3 As used in these rules and regulations, the following terms shall mean: scorn i Ae a ann nan ta Medial Susie ” 1. BURIAL. interment of remains in a grave, tomb or the sea. and Scientific Purposes 35 2. BURIAL GROUNDS - cemetery, memorial park or any place duly SECTION 1S: Use of Remains for Medial Studies and authorized by law for permanent disposal of the dead Scientific Research ses ve 36 3. CATACOMB - place of burial consisting of galleries or passages with SECTION 16: Special Precautions for Safe Handling of Remains side recesses for tombs. Containing Radioactive Isotopes 38 4, CEMETERY - public or private land used for the burial of the dead and SECTION 17: Responsibility ofthe Regional Health Director 39 other uses dedicated for cemetery purposes, to include landscaped grounds, SECTION 18: Responsibility ofthe Local Health Authority 40 driveways, walks, columbaria, crematories, mortuaries mausoleums, SECTION 19: Responsibility of the Local Health Officer 40 niches, graveyards and public comfort rooms. SECTION 20: Responsibility of the Local Government wrwnnron 40 5. CINERARY REMAINS/CREMAINS - the ashes resulting from SECTION 21: Penal Provisions . sence 40 cremation of a dead body. SECTION 22: Separabillity Clause a 6. CLOSURE OF CEMETERIES - termination of burial activities in the SECTION 23: Repeating Clause nu. 41 cemetery concemed. SECTION 24: _Effetivity 41