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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 331.805, subsection 3, paragraph b, 1 2 Code 1995, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 b. If the next of kin, guardian, or other person 1 4 authorized to act on behalf of a deceased person has requested 1 5 that the body of the deceased person be cremated, a permit for 1 6 cremation must be obtained from a medical examiner. However, 1 7 a permit is not required if the deceased person was a member 1 8 of an established religion whose tenets are opposed to the 1 9 inspection or examination of the body of a deceased person. 1 10 Cremation permits by the medical examiner must be made on the 1 11 most current forms prepared at the direction of and approved 1 12 by the state medical examiner, with copies forwarded to the 1 13 state medical examiner's office.Costs for the cremation1 14permit issued by a medical examiner shall not exceed twenty-1 15five dollars.The medical examiner shall determine the cost 1 16 of cremation permits. The costs shall be borne by the family, 1 17 next of kin, guardian of the decedent, or other person. 1 18 EXPLANATION 1 19 This bill strikes the provision requiring costs for a 1 20 cremation permit issued by a medical examiner to not exceed 1 21 $25. The bill provides that the medical examiner shall 1 22 determine the cost for cremation permits. 1 23 LSB 3655HH 76 1 24 kah/cf/24
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