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House Journal: Page 1515: Wednesday, April 10, 1996

15     If a person other than a funeral director or person
16   holding a cremation establishment license assumes
17   custody of a dead body or fetus, the person shall
18   secure a burial-transit permit.  To be valid, the
19   burial-transit permit must be issued by the county
20   medical examiner, a funeral director, a person holding
21   a cremation establishment license, or the county
22   registrar of the county where the certificate of death
23   or fetal death was filed.  The permit shall be
24   obtained prior to the removal of the body or fetus
25   from the place of death and the permit shall accompany
26   the body or fetus to the place of final disposition.
27     To transfer a dead body or fetus outside of this
28   state, the funeral director or person holding a
29   cremation establishment license who first assumes
30   custody of the dead body or fetus shall obtain a
31   burial-transit permit prior to the transfer.  The
32   permit shall accompany the dead body or fetus to the
33   place of final disposition.
34     Sec. 5.  Section 144.49, Code 1995, is amended to
35   read as follows:
36     144.49  ADDITIONAL RECORD BY FUNERAL DIRECTOR OR
37   LICENSED CREMATOR.
38     A funeral director, person holding a cremation
39   establishment license, or other person who removes
40   from the place of death or transports or finally
41   disposes of a dead body or fetus, in addition to
42   filing any certificate or other form required by this
43   chapter, shall keep a record which shall identify the
44   body, and information pertaining to the funeral
45   director's or other person's receipt, removal, and
46   delivery of the body as prescribed by the department."
47     2.  Page 1, by inserting after line 23 the
48   following:
49     "   .  Page 1, by inserting after line 12 the
50   following:

Page   3

 1     "2A.  "Cremation director" means a person licensed
 2   by the department to establish, conduct, or maintain a
 3   cremation establishment as provided in section 156.16,
 4   and provide any aspect of mortuary science pertaining
 5   to the performance of cremations."
 6        .  Page 1, by striking line 14 and inserting
 7   the following:  "defined and licensed by the
 8   department which provides cremation".
 9        .  Page 1, by striking lines 26 through 28 and
10   inserting the following:
11     "a.  Preparing, for the burial, or
disposal, or~ 
12   cremation, or directing and supervising the
burial, or
13   disposal, or cremation of dead human bodies."
14        .  Page 1, line 30, by inserting after the word

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Index: House Journal (76th General Assembly: Session 2)

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