New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PUBLIC HEALTH (DISPOSAL OF BODIES) REGULATION 2002 - REG 16

16 Body viewing

(1) A funeral director may make a body available for viewing by mourners.

(2) However, a funeral director must not make available for viewing a body infected with a List B disease or a body that the funeral director has reason to believe is infected with a List B disease.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

(3) A funeral director who makes an unembalmed body available for viewing:

(a) must not remove the body from refrigeration for a period longer than is necessary for making it available for viewing, and

(b) unless the body is to be buried or cremated immediately, must replace the body under refrigeration after the viewing, and

(c) must not allow the body to remain unrefrigerated for a period exceeding 8 hours in any day.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.