AB867,10 3Section 10. 69.18 (2) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867,12,104 69.18 (2) (d) 2. Except as provided under par. (e), if the decedent was not under
5the care of a physician for the illness or condition from which the person died, the
6coroner or medical examiner, or a physician supervised by a coroner or medical
7examiner, in the county of the place of death shall complete and sign the medical
8certification for the death and mail the death certificate within 5 days after the
9pronouncement of death or present the certificate to the person responsible for filing
10the death certificate under sub. (1)
within 6 days after the pronouncement of death.
AB867,11 11Section 11. 69.18 (2) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867,12,1812 69.18 (2) (d) 3. For a medical certification under this paragraph, except a
13medical certification of the cause of death of an indigent, a coroner or medical
14examiner may charge a fee established by the county board, not to exceed an amount
15reasonably related to the actual and necessary cost of providing the medical
16certification. The coroner or medical examiner, or the physician employed by the
17coroner or medical examiner, shall mail or present complete and sign a medical
18certification as required under subd. 1., whether or not the fee has been paid.
AB867,12 19Section 12. 69.18 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867,13,320 69.18 (3) (a) Except as provided under par. (c) or (e), the person who has moved
21a corpse under sub. (1) (a) shall complete a report for final disposition, on a form
22supplied by the state registrar, and, within 24 hours after being notified of the death,
23mail or present a copy of the report to the coroner or medical examiner in the county
24of the place of death and mail or present a copy to the local registrar in the
25registration district of the place of death. If the cause of death is subject to an

1investigation
must be reported to a coroner or medical examiner under s. 979.01 or
2979.03
, the report for final disposition shall be submitted to the coroner or medical
3examiner in the county in which the event which caused the death occurred.
AB867,13 4Section 13. 69.18 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867,13,95 69.18 (3) (b) If a medical certification for a corpse is required under sub. (2) (d),
6no person may embalm the corpse or effect its final disposition without satisfying the
7requirements for a report under par. (a) and without obtaining the written
8permission of the person required to complete the medical certification under sub.
9(2) (d)
an authorization to embalm or dispose of a body under s. 979.105.
AB867,14 10Section 14. 69.18 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867,13,1811 69.18 (3) (d) No person may remove a corpse from this state if the place of death
12was in this state unless the corpse is accompanied by a copy of the report for final
13disposition. If a medical certification is required for the corpse under sub. (2) (d), the
14corpse must be accompanied by the report and the written permission of the coroner
15or medical examiner to embalm and effect final disposition
an authorization to
16embalm or dispose of a body under s. 979.105
. No person may remove a stillbirth
17from this state if the delivery of the stillbirth was in this state unless the stillbirth
18is accompanied by a report for final disposition.
AB867,15 19Section 15. 69.18 (4) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 69.18 (4) (c) and
20amended to read:
AB867,14,421 69.18 (4) (c) Subject to s. 157.111, the coroner or medical examiner of the county
22in which a decedent's corpse is interred shall issue an authorization a permit for
23disinterment and reinterment upon receipt of an order of a court of competent
24jurisdiction or upon receipt of a written application for disinterment and reinterment
25signed by the person in charge of the disinterment and by any of the following

1persons, in order of priority stated, when persons in prior classes are not available
2at the time of application, and in the absence of actual notice of contrary indications
3by the decedent or actual notice of opposition by a member of the same or a prior
4class:
.
AB867,16 5Section 16. 69.18 (4) (a) 1g. to 6. of the statutes are renumbered 69.18 (4) (am)
61g. to 6.
AB867,17 7Section 17. 69.18 (4) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
AB867,14,108 69.18 (4) (am) (intro.) In this subsection, "representative of the decedent"
9means any member of the following classes of individuals, in the order of priority
10listed:
AB867,18 11Section 18. 69.18 (4) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB867,14,1412 69.18 (4) (b) Except as provided in s. 157.112 (3), no person may disinter a
13human corpse from a grave or tomb without first obtaining a disinterment permit
14under par. (c) or (d).
AB867,19 15Section 19. 69.18 (4) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB867,20 16Section 20. 69.18 (4) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB867,14,2117 69.18 (4) (d) Subject to s. 157.111, the coroner or medical examiner of the county
18in which a decedent's corpse is interred shall issue a disinterment permit upon
19receipt of a written application for disinterment that is made and signed by a
20representative of the decedent and signed by the person in charge of disinterment
21if all of the following apply:
AB867,14,2322 1. No representative of the decedent who is a member of a prior class under par.
23(am) is available at the time the application is made.
AB867,14,2524 2. The coroner or medical examiner does not have actual notice that the
25decedent would have opposed the disinterment.
AB867,15,3
13. The coroner or medical examiner does not have actual notice of opposition
2to disinterment by a representative of the decedent who is a member of the same or
3a prior class under par. (am) as the applicant.
AB867,15,54 4. The applicant provides proof of intent to cremate the decedent's corpse or to
5lawfully inter the decedent's corpse in a specified burial place.
AB867,21 6Section 21. 69.18 (4) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB867,15,87 69.18 (4) (e) No person may cremate a corpse disinterred under this subsection
8without obtaining a cremation release under s. 979.10 (1) (ag).
AB867,22 9Section 22. 69.18 (4) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB867,15,1210 69.18 (4) (f) Except as provided in s. 157.112 (3), no person may disinter a
11decedent's cremated remains from a cemetery unless all of the following conditions
12are satisfied:
AB867,15,1313 1. The cemetery authority, or its designee, consents to disinterment.
AB867,15,1614 2. A representative of the decedent consents to disinterment and no other
15representative of the decedent who is a member of the same or a prior class under
16par. (am) objects to disinterment.
AB867,23 17Section 23. 69.20 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867,15,2018 69.20 (2) (a) 2. For a certificate of death, any of the persons specified under s.
1969.18 (4) (a) (am) 1g. to 6. or an individual who is authorized in writing by one of the
20persons.
AB867,24 21Section 24. 157.02 (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of the statutes are renumbered
22157.02 (1m) (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e), and 157.02 (1m) (b) and (e), as renumbered, are
23amended to read:
AB867,16,324 157.02 (1m) (b) Time allowed relative to act. If a relative or friend fails to
25arrange for taking charge of the corpse within a reasonable time after death, the

1superintendent or other officer may proceed as provided in this section subsection,
2but relatives or friends may claim the corpse at any time before it has been delivered
3pursuant to sub. (3) par. (c).
AB867,16,54 (e) Other disposition. If the corpse is not disposed of under subs. (1) to (4) pars.
5(a) to (d)
, the superintendent or public officer shall properly bury it.
AB867,25 6Section 25. 157.02 (1m) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB867,16,77 157.02 (1m) (title) Disposition of inmate's remains.
AB867,26 8Section 26. 157.02 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB867,16,169 157.02 (2m) Disposition of other unclaimed remains. (a) If a person, other
10than a person who has responsibility to dispose of a corpse under sub. (1m), has the
11corpse of a deceased individual and cannot by exercise of reasonable effort locate a
12representative of the deceased, as defined in s. 979.001 (8), or a representative of the
13deceased refuses to claim the corpse for disposition, the person shall notify the
14coroner or medical examiner in the county of residence of the deceased, and the
15coroner or medical examiner shall take custody of the corpse and cause the corpse
16to be decently buried or cremated.
AB867,16,1917 (b) A coroner or medical examiner is immune from civil liability for his or her
18choice of method for disposing of an unidentified corpse under this subsection if the
19coroner or medical examiner made reasonable efforts to identify the corpse.
AB867,16,2320 (c) A coroner or medical examiner is immune from civil liability for his or her
21choice of method for disposing of an unclaimed corpse under this subsection if the
22coroner or medical examiner made reasonable efforts to notify a representative of the
23deceased, as defined in s. 979.001 (8), of the disposal of the corpse.
AB867,27 24Section 27. 157.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867,17,5
1157.03 (1) The corpse of a person who died with smallpox, diphtheria, or scarlet
2fever, or who in his or her last sickness shall request to be buried or cremated, and
3of a stranger or traveler who suddenly died, shall not be disposed of under s. 157.02
4(3) (1m) (c), and no person having charge of a corpse authorized to be so disposed of
5shall sell or deliver it to be used outside the state.
AB867,28 6Section 28. 157.03 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867,17,107 157.03 (2) Upon receipt of the corpse by a university or school pursuant to s.
8157.02 (3) (1m) (c) it shall be properly embalmed and retained for 3 months before
9being used or dismembered and shall be delivered to any relative claiming it upon
10satisfactory proof of relationship.
AB867,29 11Section 29. 157.055 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867,17,1612 157.055 (2) (intro.) Notwithstanding ss. 69.18 (4), 157.113, 445.04 (2), 445.14,
13979.01 (3), (3m), and (4), 979.02, and 979.025 (2), 979.027, 979.10, and 979.105, and
14subch. VII of ch. 440, during a period of a state of emergency related to public health
15declared by the governor under s. 323.10, a public health authority may do all of the
16following:
AB867,30 17Section 30. 157.112 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867,17,2018 157.112 (3) (intro.) A cemetery authority may rebury human remains under
19sub. (2) without first obtaining an authorization complying with the conditions under
20s. 69.18 (4), but the cemetery authority shall do all of the following:
AB867,31 21Section 31. 157.70 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867,17,2522 157.70 (3) (a) Except as provided under s. 979.01, a A person shall immediately
23notify the director if the person knows or has reasonable grounds to believe that a
24burial site or the cataloged land contiguous to a cataloged burial site is being
25disturbed or may be disturbed contrary to the requirements of subs. (4) and (5).
AB867,32
1Section 32. 346.71 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867,18,132 346.71 (1) Every coroner or medical examiner shall, on or before the 10th day
3of each month, report in writing any accident involving a motor vehicle occurring
4within the coroner's or medical examiner's jurisdiction resulting in the death of any
5person during the preceding calendar month. If the accident involved an all-terrain
6vehicle or utility terrain vehicle, the report shall be made to the department of
7natural resources and shall include the information specified by that department.
8If the accident involved any other motor vehicle, the report shall be made to the
9department and shall include the information specified by the department. The
10coroner or medical examiner of the county where the death occurs, if the accident
11occurred in another jurisdiction, shall, immediately upon learning of the death,
12report it to the coroner or medical examiner of the county where the accident
13occurred, as provided in s. 979.01 (1).
AB867,33 14Section 33. 346.71 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867,19,1315 346.71 (2) In cases of death involving a motor vehicle in which the decedent was
16the operator of a motor vehicle, a pedestrian 14 years of age or older or a bicycle or
17electric personal assistive mobility device operator 14 years of age or older and who
18died within 6 hours of the time of the accident, the coroner or medical examiner of
19the county where the death occurred shall require that a blood specimen of at least
2010 cc. be withdrawn from the body of the decedent within 12 hours after his or her
21death, by the coroner or medical examiner or by a physician so designated by the
22coroner or medical examiner or by a qualified person at the direction of the physician.
23All funeral directors shall obtain a release an authorization from the a coroner or
24medical examiner of the county where the accident occurred as provided in s. 979.01
25(4)
979.105 prior to proceeding with embalming any body coming under the scope of

1this section. The blood so drawn shall be forwarded to a laboratory approved by the
2department of health services for analysis of the alcoholic content of the blood
3specimen. The coroner or medical examiner causing the blood to be withdrawn shall
4be notified of the results of each analysis made and shall forward the results of each
5such analysis to the department of health services. If the death involved a motor
6vehicle, the department shall keep a record of all such examinations to be used for
7statistical purposes only and the department shall disseminate and make public the
8cumulative results of the examinations without identifying the individuals involved.
9If the death involved an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle, the department
10of natural resources shall keep a record of all such examinations to be used for
11statistical purposes only and the department of natural resources shall disseminate
12and make public the cumulative results of the examinations without identifying the
13individuals involved.
AB867,34 14Section 34. 440.03 (9) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867,19,1815 440.03 (9) (a) (intro.) Subject to pars. (b) and (c) and except as provided in par.
16(bm)
, the department shall, biennially, determine each fee for an initial credential
17for which no examination is required, for a reciprocal credential, and for a credential
18renewal by doing all of the following:
AB867,35 19Section 35. 440.03 (9) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB867,19,2220 440.03 (9) (bm) The medicolegal investigation examining board may determine
21the amount of any fees imposed for licenses issued under s. 465.10, in accordance
22with s. 465.05 (2) (a).
AB867,36 23Section 36. 440.03 (13) (b) 38d. of the statutes is created to read:
AB867,19,2424 440.03 (13) (b) 38d. Medicolegal investigator.
AB867,37 25Section 37. 440.05 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867,20,3
1440.05 Standard fees. (intro.) The following standard fees apply to all initial
2credentials, except as provided in ss. 440.51, 444.03, 444.11, 446.02 (2) (c), 447.04 (2)
3(c) 2., 449.17 (1m) (d), and 449.18 (2) (d), and 465.05 (2) (a):
AB867,38 4Section 38. 440.08 (2) (a) 46t. of the statutes is created to read:
AB867,20,65 440.08 (2) (a) 46t. Medicolegal investigation: January 1, 2019, and
6quadrennially thereafter.
AB867,39 7Section 39. 440.78 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867,20,98 440.78 (1) (b) A copy of the cremation permit release issued under s. 979.10 (1)
9(a) (ag).
AB867,40 10Section 40. Chapter 465 of the statutes is created to read:
AB867,20,1211 chapter 465
12 medicolegal investigation
AB867,20,13 13465.01 Definitions. In this chapter:
AB867,20,15 14(1g) "Accredited medical examiner" means a medical examiner appointed
15under s. 59.34 (1) (a) or 59.38 (5) who satisfies any of the following:
AB867,20,1716 (a) He or she is accredited as a certified forensic pathologist by the American
17Board of Pathology.
AB867,20,1918 (b) He or she is accredited as a certified forensic anthropologist by the American
19Board of Forensic Anthropology.
AB867,20,2120 (c) He or she is certified in forensic odontology by the American Board of
21Forensic Odontology.
AB867,20,22 22(1r) "Board" means the medicolegal investigation examining board.
AB867,20,24 23(2) "Medical examiner" means a nonaccredited medical examiner or an
24accredited medical examiner.
AB867,21,4
1(3) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), "medicolegal investigation staff member"
2means a chief deputy coroner, a deputy coroner, a deputy medical examiner, and any
3other individual who assists the office of a coroner or medical examiner with an
4investigation of a death.
AB867,21,65 (b) "Medicolegal investigation staff member" does not include any of the
6following:
AB867,21,87 1. An individual who is elected as a coroner or appointed to fill a vacancy as a
8coroner.
AB867,21,99 2. A medical examiner.
AB867,21,1110 3. An individual performing solely administrative functions in the office of a
11coroner or medical examiner.
AB867,21,13 12(4) "Nonaccredited medical examiner" means a medical examiner appointed
13under s. 59.34 (1) (a) or 59.38 (5) other than an accredited medical examiner.
AB867,21,15 14465.05 Powers and duties of board. (1) Duties. The board shall do all of
15the following:
AB867,21,1816 (a) Promulgate rules specifying standards and curricula for the training and
17education requirements to be satisfied by individuals who seek or possess a license
18in medicolegal investigation.
AB867,21,2019 (b) Coordinate and provide, on a regional basis and at no cost to licensees, the
20training and education described in s. 465.10 (3), (3m) (b), and (4) (a) 1. and (b) 2.
AB867,21,2121 (c) Monitor compliance with the licensure requirements under this chapter.
AB867,21,2422 (d) Approve instructor certification standards that must be satisfied in order
23for a person to conduct the training and education required under s. 465.10 (3), (3m)
24(b), and (4) (a) 1. and (b) 2.
AB867,22,3
1(dm) If an individual who holds a license issued under s. 465.10 fails to satisfy
2the requirement under s. 465.10 (3) (a) within the period specified in s. 465.10 (3) (a),
3revoke the individual's license.
AB867,22,64 (e) If a license issued under s. 465.10 is revoked by the board or is not renewed,
5do any of the following that is applicable with respect to the individual who was the
6holder of the license:
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