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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 144.49, Code 2001, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 144.49 ADDITIONAL RECORD BY FUNERAL DIRECTOR. 1 4 A funeral director or other person who removes from the 1 5 place of death or transports or finally disposes of a dead 1 6 body or fetus, in addition to filing any certificate or other 1 7 form required by this chapter, shall keep a record which shall 1 8 identify the body, list any personal effects, including 1 9 articles of clothing, which accompany the deceased, and give 1 10 information pertaining to the funeral director's or other 1 11 person's receipt, removal, and delivery of the body and the 1 12 personal effects of the deceased as prescribed by the 1 13 department in rules adopted in accordance with chapter 17A. 1 14 This record shall include the date and time and location from 1 15 which the body was removed and the date and time and location 1 16 to which the body was transported and shall be signed by a 1 17 funeral director or other person at the location from which 1 18 the body was removed and at the location to which the body was 1 19 transported. A copy of this record shall be provided to the 1 20 person in custody of the body when it is removed or 1 21 transported, the family of the deceased, and the person who 1 22 receives delivery of the body. 1 23 EXPLANATION 1 24 This bill amends Code section 144.49 by requiring a funeral 1 25 director or other person who removes or transports a dead body 1 26 or fetus, to make a record which identifies the body and lists 1 27 any personal effects, including articles of clothing, which 1 28 accompany the deceased and gives information pertaining to the 1 29 receipt, and date, time, and location of the removal, and 1 30 delivery of the body and the personal effects of the deceased, 1 31 and to provide copies of that record to the person in custody 1 32 of the body when it is removed, the family of the deceased, 1 33 and the person who receives delivery of the body. 1 34 The bill also requires the record to be signed by the 1 35 funeral director or other person at the location from which 2 1 the body was removed and at the location to which the body was 2 2 transported. 2 3 LSB 1364HH 79 2 4 av/gg/8
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