House Study Bill 633 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON WAGNER) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the issuance of a burial transit permit. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 6063YC (1) 84 ad/nh

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 144.32, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1 2011, is amended to read as follows: 2 If a person other than a funeral director, medical examiner, 3 or emergency medical service assumes custody of a dead body 4 or fetus, the person shall secure a burial transit permit. 5 To be valid, the burial transit permit must be issued by the 6 county medical examiner , or a funeral director , or the county 7 registrar of the county where the certificate of death or fetal 8 death was filed . The permit shall be obtained prior to the 9 removal of the body or fetus from the place of death and the 10 permit shall accompany the body or fetus to the place of final 11 disposition. 12 EXPLANATION 13 This bill relates to the issuance of a burial transit 14 permit. A burial transit permit is required when a person 15 other than a funeral director, medical examiner, or emergency 16 medical service assumes custody of a dead body or fetus. The 17 bill removes the county registrar of the county where the 18 certificate of death or fetal death was filed from the list of 19 persons allowed to issue a burial transit permit. 20 -1- LSB 6063YC (1) 84 ad/nh 1/ 1