S.F. _____ Section 1. Section 144.32, subsection 1, Code 2019, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. a. If a person other than a funeral director, medical 3 examiner, or emergency medical service assumes custody of a 4 dead body or fetus, the person shall secure a burial transit 5 permit. To be valid, the burial transit permit must be issued 6 by the county medical examiner, a funeral director, or the 7 state registrar. The permit shall be obtained prior to the 8 removal of the body or fetus from the place of death and the 9 permit shall accompany the body or fetus to the place of final 10 disposition. 11 b. A sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, fire fighter, 12 physician or osteopathic physician licensed pursuant to 13 chapter 148, nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 152 or 152E, or 14 emergency medical care provider as defined in section 147A.1, 15 acting under contract with and direction of a funeral director, 16 may, while off duty, transfer a dead body within this state 17 under the same circumstances as a funeral director so long 18 as such person uses a vehicle owned by and registered to a 19 funeral establishment. Such a person shall carry evidence of 20 an existing contract with a funeral director. The contracting 21 funeral director shall fulfill the requirements of section 22 144.27, subsection 1. 23 EXPLANATION 24 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 25 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 26 This bill allows a sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, 27 fire fighter, physician, nurse, or emergency medical care 28 provider to, while off duty, under contract with a funeral 29 director, and using a vehicle owned by and registered to 30 a funeral establishment, transfer a body under the same 31 circumstances as a funeral director. 32 -1- LSB 1772XC (2) 88 ss/rn 1/ 1