DOH QUARANTINE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 28, March 08, 1960
DEATH AT SEA AND HANDLING OF REMAINS
vessels that may arise from improper handling of dead bodies, the
following requirements are hereby promulgated for compliance by all
inter-island shipping companies:
a) In case of death at sea, the dead should be enveloped in a
sheet saturated with one of the strong disinfecting solutions and at
once buried at sea or placed in a coffin and satisfactorily sealed.b) If burial at sea is not done, the remains should be kept in
a suitable area far from passenger accommodations, galleys and
messrooms.c) Remains should be disembarked at the nearest port of call
for embalming or burial if it will take more than 24 hours to reach its
port of destination.d) The remains when landed should be accompanied by a death certificate duly accomplished.
Adopted: 8 March 1960
(SGD.) J. C. AZURIN
Colonel, B. Q.
Director of Quarantine
Effective: 8 March 1960