                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES (§ 54.1-2807.1)

All information received by any person practicing funeral services or his agent
regarding the fact that any dead body which they have received harbors an
infectious disease shall be confidential, and disclosure of such information
shall be grounds for disciplinary action against the funeral service licensee
pursuant to § 54.1-2806.
		Notification that a dead body harbors an infectious disease will not
constitute grounds for any funeral director&#8217;s refusal to accept the body.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 836, § 54-260.74:2.