§ 5233. Limited liability
A funeral director or disposition facility operator shall not be subject to civil liability or subject to disciplinary action for carrying out the disposition of the remains if he or she relied in good faith on a funeral service contract or authorization or for following the instructions of an individual who the funeral director or disposition facility operator reasonably believes or believed holds the right of disposition. (Added 2007, No. 56, § 1; amended 2021, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. January 1, 2023.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Chapter 107 - Deaths, Burials, Autopsies
§ 5200. Definitions [Effective January 1, 2023]
§ 5201. Permits; removal of bodies; waiting period; investigation into circumstances of death
§ 5202. Report of death; death certificate; duties of licensed health care professional
§ 5202a. Correction, completion, or amendment of death certificate
§ 5205. Death certificate when no attending physician and in other circumstances; autopsy
§ 5206. Penalty for failure to submit report of death
§ 5207. Certificate furnished family; burial-transit permit
§ 5207. Certificate furnished family; burial-transit permit
§ 5208. Department of health; report on statistics
§ 5209. Death out of State; burial permit
§ 5210. Form of burial or removal permit
§ 5210. Form of burial or removal permit
§ 5211. Unauthorized burial or removal; penalty
§ 5212. Permit to remove dead bodies
§ 5212b. Unmarked Burial Sites Special Fund; reporting of unmarked burial sites
§ 5213. Removal; form and disposition of permit
§ 5213. Removal; form and disposition of permit
§ 5214. Duties of sexton; no burial or removal without permit
§ 5217. Removal of marked historic remains
§ 5218. Determination of death
§ 5219. Persons missing and presumed dead; issuance of presumptive death certificate
§ 5224. Disposition of remains; permits
§ 5224. Disposition of remains; permits
§ 5230. Rights of funeral director or crematory operator
§ 5230. Rights of funeral director or operator of a disposition facility