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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>368107</law_id><section_number>54.1-2312.01</section_number><catch_line>Special interments; definitions; regulations by Board</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="118" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Professions and Occupations Regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Boards Within the Department</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="28" identifier="23.1">Cemetery Operators, Perpetual Care Trust Funds and Preneed Burial Contracts</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span> may have a section in the cemetery devoted to the <span class="dictionary">interment</span> of human remains and the <span class="dictionary">pets</span> of such deceased humans, provided: <a id="paragraph-1370250" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2312.01/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The section of the cemetery property dedicated for this purpose is segregated entirely from the remainder of the cemetery devoted to the <span class="dictionary">interment</span> of human remains; <a id="paragraph-1370251" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2312.01/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> No uncremated <span class="dictionary">pet</span> is interred in the same <span class="dictionary">grave</span>, crypt, or niche as the remains of a human; and <a id="paragraph-1370252" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2312.01/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The section of the cemetery is clearly marked and advertised as such by the <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span>. <a id="paragraph-1370253" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2312.01/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span> may have a section in the cemetery devoted to the <span class="dictionary">interment</span> of <span class="dictionary">pets</span>, provided: <a id="paragraph-1370254" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2312.01/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The section of the cemetery property dedicated for this purpose is segregated entirely from the remainder of the cemetery devoted to the <span class="dictionary">interment</span> of human remains; and <a id="paragraph-1370255" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2312.01/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The section of the cemetery is clearly marked and advertised as such by the <span class="dictionary">cemetery company</span>. <a id="paragraph-1370256" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2312.01/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> As used in the section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">pet</span>&#x201D; means the same as that term is defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/57-39.20/">57-39.20</a>. <a id="paragraph-1370257" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2312.01/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall adopt such regulations as the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> deems appropriate and necessary to implement the provisions of this section. Regulations of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall be in accordance with the Administrative Process Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Short title; purpose" href="/2.2-4000/">2.2-4000</a> et seq.). <a id="paragraph-1370258" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2312.01/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2014, c. 500; 2020, c. 537.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
