[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 42, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 399] [Revised as of October 1, 2000] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 42CFR71.55] [Page 528] TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PART 71--FOREIGN QUARANTINE--Table of Contents Subpart F--Importations Sec. 71.55 Dead bodies. The remains of a person who died of a communicable disease listed in Sec. 71.32(b) may not be brought into a U.S. port unless the body is (a) properly embalmed and placed in a hermetically sealed casket, (b) cremated, or (c) accompanied by a permit issued by the Director.