It shall be unlawful for any person to perform, or assist in performing, any autopsy or other post-mortem examination upon the body of any person who has died suddenly or whose death has resulted from injury, or upon the bodies of persons found under such circumstances as to lead to a suspicion of crime having been committed, or in cases of accidental deaths or suicides, or under any other circumstances in which it is the duty of the Coroner to sign the certificate of death, unless a permit to perform such autopsy or post mortem examinations has been issued by the Coroner.
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove, or aid in removing, the body of any deceased person from the place where the death of such person has occurred unless permission to remove said body has been granted by the Director of Public Health, or unless a regularly licensed physician who has been in attendance upon the deceased for not less than 24 hours next prior to death shall have certified that the death was not directly or indirectly the result of criminal causes, and that it did not occur under circumstances making the death reportable to the Coroner.
It shall be unlawful to move from the position or place of death the body of any person who died under circumstances making such death reportable to the Coroner except with permission of the Coroner, unless said body is directly in the public view, or unless death occurred in a hospital where the person had been taken for treatment of the condition which caused death in which case said body may be moved to another place in the same hospital.
It shall be unlawful for any person, except upon authorization by the Coroner or Department of Public Health, to dispose of or in any manner to aid in the disposal of, whether by burial, dissection or otherwise, the body or parts thereof of any persons whose death has resulted from the performance or an effort to perform a criminal abortion.
It shall be unlawful for any person to obtain, or induce or assist others in obtaining or attempting to secure, from the proper authorities any permit to inter, remove or otherwise dispose of the remains of any deceased person unless the person desiring such permit presents to the Department of Public Health a certificate of death which clearly and truthfully shows the name and age of decedent and the precise location where the death occurred; if the same has been caused by criminal abortion, either as a direct or indirect consequence, the certificate shall so state.