Arkansas Code
Subchapter 10 - Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries
§ 20-17-1030. Infant interment gardens

(a) A cemetery company may maintain an infant interment garden if:
(1) The cemetery company provides the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services a letter of intent to establish an infant interment garden and a map of the location for the infant interment garden;
(2) The infant interment garden is made available to the public and to existing families and property owners of the permitted cemetery on a nondiscriminatory basis;
(3) No charge is made to the family, next of kin, or any agency for the space, interment, and opening and closing services;
(4) The infant interment garden complies with the rules and regulations of the cemetery on file with the board; and
(5) The conveyance and recordkeeping requirements of §§ 20-17-1019 and 20-17-1022 are satisfied for each interment in the infant interment garden.

(b) An infant interment garden that complies with this section is not subject to the deposit requirements of § 20-17-1016.

Structure Arkansas Code

Arkansas Code

Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare

Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety

Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead

Subchapter 10 - Cemetery Act for Perpetually Maintained Cemeteries

§ 20-17-1001. Title

§ 20-17-1002. Definitions

§ 20-17-1003. Application of subchapter — Exceptions

§ 20-17-1007. Examination of cemetery

§ 20-17-1008. Permit — Application

§ 20-17-1009. Permit — Investigation by Department of Health

§ 20-17-1010. Permit — Investigation and issuance by State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services

§ 20-17-1011. Permit — Amendment

§ 20-17-1012. Permit — Transfer of ownership — Definition

§ 20-17-1013. Permanent maintenance fund generally

§ 20-17-1014. Permanent maintenance fund trustees

§ 20-17-1015. Permanent maintenance fund — Annual report

§ 20-17-1016. Permanent maintenance fund — Required deposits

§ 20-17-1017. Permanent maintenance fund — Voluntary contributions

§ 20-17-1018. Violations, criminal penalties, and remedies

§ 20-17-1019. Conveyance of lots

§ 20-17-1020. Unlawful act

§ 20-17-1021. Disposition of contributions and fees

§ 20-17-1022. Records required

§ 20-17-1023. Annual report of condition of cemetery company

§ 20-17-1025. Protection of cemeteries — Power to lend

§ 20-17-1026. Annual permit fee

§ 20-17-1028. Contracts with municipality or county where a cemetery is located

§ 20-17-1029. Cemetery advisory boards — Membership — Organization — Authority

§ 20-17-1030. Infant interment gardens