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House Journal: Page 1514: Wednesday, April 10, 1996

15   142.2, shall at once notify the nearest relative or
16   friend of the deceased, if known, and the Iowa
17   department of public health by telegram, and hold such
18   body unburied or not cremated for forty-eight hours.
19   Upon receipt of such telegram the department shall
20   telegraph instructions relative to the disposition to
21   be made of said body.  Complete jurisdiction over said
22   bodies is vested exclusively in the Iowa department of
23   public health.  No autopsy or post mortem, except as
24   are legally ordered by county medical examiners, shall
25   be performed on any of said bodies prior to their
26   delivery to the medical schools.
27     Sec. 2.  Section 144.27, Code 1995, is amended to
28   read as follows:
29     144.27  FUNERAL DIRECTOR'S OR LICENSED CREMATOR'S
30   DUTY.
31     The A funeral director or person holding a
32   cremation establishment license who first assumes
33   custody of a dead body shall file the death
34   certificate, obtain the personal data from the next of
35   kin or the best qualified person or source available
36   and obtain the medical certification of cause of death
37   from the person responsible for issuing and signing
38   the certification.  When a person other than a funeral
39   director or person holding a cremation establishment
40   license assumes custody of a dead body, the person
41   shall be responsible for carrying out the provisions
42   of this section.
43     Sec. 3.  Section 144.30, Code 1995, is amended to
44   read as follows:
45     144.30  FUNERAL DIRECTOR'S OR LICENSED CREMATOR'S
46   DUTY.
47     The A funeral director or person holding a
48   cremation establishment license who first assumes
49   custody of a fetus shall file the fetal death
50   certificate.  In the absence of such a person, the

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 1   physician or other person in attendance at or after
 2   the delivery shall file the certificate of fetal
 3   death.  The person filing the certificate shall obtain
 4   the personal data from the next of kin or the best
 5   qualified person or source available and shall obtain
 6   the medical certification of cause of death from the
 7   person responsible for issuing and signing the
 8   certification.  When a person other than a funeral
 9   director or person holding a cremation establishment
10   license assumes custody of a fetus, the person shall
11   be responsible for carrying out the provisions of this
12   section.
13     Sec. 4.  Section 144.32, unnumbered paragraphs 1
14   and 2, Code 1995, are amended to read as follows:

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