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WI Code › Chapter 157 › Section 157.01

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The department of health services shall make, and delegate to the funeral directors examining board the enforcement of, rules not inconsistent with ch. 445 covering the control of communicable diseases and sanitary and health regulations in the preparation, transportation and disposition of dead human bodies.

History: 1975 c. 39 ; 1979 c. 175 s. 53 ; 1979 c. 221 ss. 658 , 2202 (45) ; 1983 a. 485 ; 1985 a. 315 ; 1985 a. 316 s. 14 ; Stats. 1985 s. 157.01; 1995 a. 27 s. 9126 (19) ; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a) .

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