Section 1: Burial Requirements

Question 1

The deceased died from a dangerous communicable disease must be buried ______________

Answer 1

within 12 hours

Question 2

Religious beliefs or tradition, such as ______________ calls for burial within 12 hours after death

Answer 2

Islam or the Jewish faith

Question 3

No remains shall be buried without _______________ where the burial will take place

Answer 3

a burial permit by the city/municipality

Question 4

Funeral parlors or embalming establishments shall not hold unclaimed bodies longer than ____________ or sanction shall be imposed by the local health authority.

Answer 4

60 days

Question 5

The following are declared as Dangerous Communicable Diseases:

Answer 5

1. Hepatitis B and C
2. Rabies
3. Invasive group A streptoccocal infections
4. Transmissible spongiform encephalophaties
5. HIV/AIDS
6. Meningococcemia
7. Viral hemorrhagic fevers
8. Yellow fever
9. Plague
10. SARS
11. Cholera (declared 2021)
    and etc.

Question 6

Non endemic DCD that may be brought by travelers:

Answer 6

• Viral hemorrhagic fevers
• Yellow fever
• Plague
• SARS
• TSE

Question 7

Examples of TSE diseases:

Answer 7

1. Pre-senile dementia
2. Fatal familial insomnia
3. Mad Cow Disease
4. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
5. Kuru
6. Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS)