Restrictions on use of bodies for anatomical purposes; embalming such bodies; delivery of bodies to relatives.
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WI Code › Chapter 157 › Section 157.03
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(1) The corpse of a person who died with smallpox, diphtheria or scarlet fever, or who in his or her last sickness shall request to be buried or cremated, and of a stranger or traveler who suddenly died, shall not be disposed of under s. 157.02 (3) , and no person having charge of a corpse authorized to be so disposed of shall sell or deliver it to be used outside the state.
(2) Upon receipt of the corpse by a university or school pursuant to s. 157.02 (3) it shall be properly embalmed and retained for 3 months before being used or dismembered and shall be delivered to any relative claiming it upon satisfactory proof of relationship.
History: 1985 a. 316 ss. 14 , 25 ; Stats. 1985 s. 157.03; 1993 a. 482 .
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