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Public Health Regulation 2022
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#### 86 Body viewing
86 Body viewing
> > (1) A funeral director may make a body available for viewing by mourners.
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> > (2) However, a funeral director must not make available for viewing a body infected with a prescribed infectious disease or a body that the funeral director has reason to believe is infected with a prescribed infectious disease.
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> > Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
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> > (3) A funeral director who makes an unembalmed body available for viewing—
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> > > (a) must not remove the body from refrigeration for a period longer than is necessary for making it available for viewing, and
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> > > (b) unless the body is to be buried or cremated immediately, must place the body under refrigeration after the viewing, and
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> > > (c) must not allow the body to remain unrefrigerated for a period of more than 8 hours in any day.
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> > Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.