SB297,6,1111 (i) One public member.
SB297,2 12Section 2. 20.165 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB297,6,2113 20.165 (1) (g) General program operations. The amounts in the schedule for
14the licensing, rule making, and regulatory functions of the department, other than
15the licensing, rule-making, and credentialing functions of the medical examining
16board and the affiliated credentialing boards attached to the medical examining
17board and except for preparing, administering, and grading examinations. Ninety
18percent of all moneys received under chs. 440 to 480, except ch. chs. 448 and 465 and
19ss. 440.03 (13), and 440.05 (1) (b), and, less $10 of each renewal fee received under
20s. 452.12 (5); all moneys transferred from the appropriation under par. (i); and all
21moneys received under s. 440.055 (2), shall be credited to this appropriation.
SB297,3 22Section 3. 20.165 (1) (hr) of the statutes is created to read:
SB297,7,223 20.165 (1) (hr) Medicolegal investigation examining board; program revenues.
24All moneys received from fees imposed for licenses issued under s. 465.10 to provide

1training and education to individuals licensed under s. 465.10 and to support the
2medicolegal investigation examining board in performing its duties and functions.
SB297,4 3Section 4. 51.30 (4) (b) 29. of the statutes is created to read:
SB297,7,134 51.30 (4) (b) 29. Following the death of a patient, to a coroner, deputy coroner,
5medical examiner or medical examiner's assistant, for the purpose of completing a
6medical certificate under s. 69.18 (2) or investigating a death under s. 979.01 or
7979.10. The health care provider may release information by initiating contact with
8the office of the coroner or medical examiner without receiving a request for release
9of the information and shall release information upon receipt of an oral or written
10request for the information from the coroner, deputy coroner, medical examiner or
11medical examiner's assistant. The recipient of any information under this
12subdivision shall keep the information confidential except as necessary to comply
13with s. 69.18, 979.01 or 979.10.
SB297,5 14Section 5. 69.01 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB297,7,1915 69.01 (12) “Final disposition" means the disposition of a corpse or stillbirth by
16burial, interment, entombment, cremation, delivery to a university or school under
17s. 157.02 (3) (1m) (c), or delivery to a medical or dental school anatomy department
18under s. 157.06. “Final disposition" does not include disposition of the ashes
19produced by cremation of a corpse or stillbirth.
SB297,6 20Section 6. 69.18 (2) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB297,8,421 69.18 (2) (d) 1. Except as provided under par. (e), if a the manner of death is
22not natural and
is the subject of a coroner's or medical examiner's determination
23investigated by a coroner or medical examiner under s. 979.01 or 979.03, the coroner
24or medical examiner or a physician supervised by a coroner or medical examiner in
25the county where the event which caused the death occurred shall complete and sign

1the medical certification for the death and mail the death certificate within 5 days
2after the pronouncement of death or present the certificate to the person responsible
3for filing the death certificate under sub. (1)
within 6 days after the pronouncement
4of death.
SB297,7 5Section 7. 69.18 (2) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB297,8,126 69.18 (2) (d) 2. Except as provided under par. (e), if the decedent was not under
7the care of a physician for the illness or condition from which the person died, the
8coroner or medical examiner, or a physician supervised by a coroner or medical
9examiner, in the county of the place of death shall complete and sign the medical
10certification for the death and mail the death certificate within 5 days after the
11pronouncement of death or present the certificate to the person responsible for filing
12the death certificate under sub. (1)
within 6 days after the pronouncement of death.
SB297,8 13Section 8. 69.18 (2) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB297,8,2014 69.18 (2) (d) 3. For a medical certification under this paragraph, except a
15medical certification of the cause of death of an indigent, a coroner or medical
16examiner may charge a fee established by the county board, not to exceed an amount
17reasonably related to the actual and necessary cost of providing the medical
18certification. The coroner or medical examiner, or the physician employed by the
19coroner or medical examiner, shall mail or present complete and sign a medical
20certification as required under subd. 1., whether or not the fee has been paid.
SB297,9 21Section 9. 69.18 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB297,9,622 69.18 (3) (a) Except as provided under par. (c) or (e), the person who has moved
23a corpse under sub. (1) (a) shall complete a report for final disposition, on a form
24supplied by the state registrar, and, within 24 hours after being notified of the death,
25mail or present a copy of the report to the coroner or medical examiner in the county

1of the place of death and mail or present a copy to the local registrar in the
2registration district of the place of death. If the cause of death is subject to an
3investigation
must be reported to a coroner or medical examiner under s. 979.01 or
4if the death is subject to investigation under s. 979.03, the report for final disposition
5shall be submitted to the coroner or medical examiner in the county in which the
6event which caused the death occurred.
SB297,10 7Section 10. 69.18 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB297,9,128 69.18 (3) (b) If a medical certification for a corpse is required under sub. (2) (d),
9no person may embalm the corpse or effect its final disposition without satisfying the
10requirements for a report under par. (a) and without obtaining the written
11permission of the person required to complete the medical certification under sub.
12(2) (d) or an authorization to embalm a body under s. 979.105.
SB297,11 13Section 11. 69.18 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB297,9,2114 69.18 (3) (d) No person may remove a corpse from this state if the place of death
15was in this state unless the corpse is accompanied by a copy of the report for final
16disposition. If a medical certification is required for the corpse under sub. (2) (d), the
17corpse must be accompanied by the report and the written permission of the coroner
18or medical examiner to embalm and effect final disposition or an authorization to
19embalm a body under s. 979.105
. No person may remove a stillbirth from this state
20if the delivery of the stillbirth was in this state unless the stillbirth is accompanied
21by a report for final disposition.
SB297,12 22Section 12. 69.18 (4) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 69.18 (4) (c) and
23amended to read:
SB297,9,2524 69.18 (4) (c) Subject to s. 157.111, the coroner or medical examiner of the county
25in which a decedent's corpse is interred shall issue an authorization a permit for

1disinterment and reinterment upon receipt of an order of a court of competent
2jurisdiction or upon receipt of a written application for disinterment and reinterment
3signed by the person in charge of the disinterment and by any of the following
4persons, in order of priority stated, when persons in prior classes are not available
5at the time of application, and in the absence of actual notice of contrary indications
6by the decedent or actual notice of opposition by a member of the same or a prior
7class:
.
SB297,13 8Section 13. 69.18 (4) (a) 1g. to 6. of the statutes are renumbered 69.18 (4) (am)
91g. to 6.
SB297,14 10Section 14. 69.18 (4) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
SB297,10,1311 69.18 (4) (am) (intro.) In this subsection, “representative of the decedent"
12means any member of the following classes of individuals, in the order of priority
13listed:
SB297,15 14Section 15. 69.18 (4) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB297,10,1715 69.18 (4) (b) Except as provided in s. 157.112 (3), no person may disinter a
16human corpse from a grave or tomb without first obtaining a disinterment permit
17under par. (c) or (d).
SB297,16 18Section 16. 69.18 (4) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.
SB297,17 19Section 17. 69.18 (4) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB297,10,2420 69.18 (4) (d) Subject to s. 157.111, the coroner or medical examiner of the county
21in which a decedent's corpse is interred shall issue a disinterment permit upon
22receipt of a written application for disinterment that is made and signed by a
23representative of the decedent and signed by the person in charge of disinterment
24if all of the following apply:
SB297,11,2
11. No representative of the decedent who is a member of a prior class under par.
2(am) is available at the time the application is made.
SB297,11,43 2. The coroner or medical examiner does not have actual notice that the
4decedent would have opposed the disinterment.
SB297,11,75 3. The coroner or medical examiner does not have actual notice of opposition
6to disinterment by a representative of the decedent who is a member of the same or
7a prior class under par. (am) as the applicant.
SB297,11,98 4. The applicant provides proof of intent to cremate the decedent's corpse or to
9lawfully inter the decedent's corpse in a specified burial place.
SB297,18 10Section 18. 69.18 (4) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB297,11,1211 69.18 (4) (e) No person may cremate a corpse disinterred under this subsection
12without obtaining a cremation permit under s. 979.10 (1) (ag).
SB297,19 13Section 19. 69.18 (4) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
SB297,11,1614 69.18 (4) (f) Except as provided in s. 157.112 (3), no person may disinter a
15decedent's cremated remains from a cemetery unless all of the following conditions
16are satisfied:
SB297,11,1717 1. The cemetery authority, or its designee, consents to disinterment.
SB297,11,2018 2. A representative of the decedent consents to disinterment and no other
19representative of the decedent who is a member of the same or a prior class under
20par. (am) objects to disinterment.
SB297,20 21Section 20. 69.20 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB297,11,2422 69.20 (2) (a) 2. For a certificate of death, any of the persons specified under s.
2369.18 (4) (a) (am) 1g. to 6. or an individual who is authorized in writing by one of the
24persons.
SB297,21
1Section 21. 157.02 (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of the statutes are renumbered
2157.02 (1m) (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e), and 157.02 (1m) (b) and (e), as renumbered, are
3amended to read:
SB297,12,84 157.02 (1m) (b) Time allowed relative to act. If a relative or friend fails to
5arrange for taking charge of the corpse within a reasonable time after death, the
6superintendent or other officer may proceed as provided in this section subsection,
7but relatives or friends may claim the corpse at any time before it has been delivered
8pursuant to sub. (3) par. (c).
SB297,12,109 (e) Other disposition. If the corpse is not disposed of under subs. (1) to (4) pars.
10(a) to (d)
, the superintendent or public officer shall properly bury it.
SB297,22 11Section 22. 157.02 (1m) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
SB297,12,1212 157.02 (1m) (title) Disposition of inmate's remains.
SB297,23 13Section 23. 157.02 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB297,12,2114 157.02 (2m) Disposition of other unclaimed remains. (a) If a person, other
15than a person who has responsibility to dispose of a corpse under sub. (1m), has the
16corpse of a deceased individual and cannot by exercise of reasonable effort locate a
17representative of the decedent, as defined in s. 69.18 (4) (am), or a representative of
18the decedent refuses to claim the corpse for disposition, the person may notify the
19coroner or medical examiner in the county of residence of the deceased, and the
20coroner or medical examiner shall take custody of the corpse and cause the corpse
21to be decently buried or cremated.
SB297,12,2422 (b) A coroner or medical examiner is immune from civil liability for his or her
23choice of method for disposing of an unidentified corpse under this subsection if the
24coroner or medical examiner made reasonable efforts to identify the corpse.
SB297,13,4
1(c) A coroner or medical examiner is immune from civil liability for his or her
2choice of method for disposing of an unclaimed corpse under this subsection if the
3coroner or medical examiner made reasonable efforts to notify a representative of the
4decedent, as defined in s. 69.18 (4) (am), of the disposal of the corpse.
SB297,24 5Section 24. 157.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB297,13,106 157.03 (1) The corpse of a person who died with smallpox, diphtheria, or scarlet
7fever, or who in his or her last sickness shall request to be buried or cremated, and
8of a stranger or traveler who suddenly died, shall not be disposed of under s. 157.02
9(3) (1m) (c), and no person having charge of a corpse authorized to be so disposed of
10shall sell or deliver it to be used outside the state.
SB297,25 11Section 25. 157.03 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB297,13,1512 157.03 (2) Upon receipt of the corpse by a university or school pursuant to s.
13157.02 (3) (1m) (c) it shall be properly embalmed and retained for 3 months before
14being used or dismembered and shall be delivered to any relative claiming it upon
15satisfactory proof of relationship.
SB297,26 16Section 26. 157.055 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB297,13,2117 157.055 (2) (intro.) Notwithstanding ss. 69.18 (4), 157.113, 445.04 (2), 445.14,
18979.01 (3), and (3m), and (4), 979.02, and 979.025 (2), 979.027, 979.10, and 979.105,
19and subch. VII of ch. 440, during a period of a state of emergency related to public
20health declared by the governor under s. 323.10, a public health authority may do
21all of the following:
SB297,27 22Section 27. 157.112 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB297,13,2523 157.112 (3) (intro.) A cemetery authority may rebury human remains under
24sub. (2) without first obtaining an authorization complying with the conditions under
25s. 69.18 (4), but the cemetery authority shall do all of the following:
SB297,28
1Section 28. 157.70 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB297,14,52 157.70 (3) (a) Except as provided under s. 979.01, a A person shall immediately
3notify the director if the person knows or has reasonable grounds to believe that a
4burial site or the cataloged land contiguous to a cataloged burial site is being
5disturbed or may be disturbed contrary to the requirements of subs. (4) and (5).
SB297,29 6Section 29. 346.71 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB297,14,227 346.71 (1) Every coroner or medical examiner shall, on or before the 10th day
8of each month, report in writing any accident involving a motor vehicle occurring
9within the coroner's or medical examiner's jurisdiction resulting in the death of any
10person during the preceding calendar month. If the accident involved an all-terrain
11vehicle or utility terrain vehicle, the report shall be made to the department of
12natural resources and shall include the information specified by that department.
13If the accident involved an off-highway motorcycle, as defined in s. 23.335 (1) (q),
14operated off the highways, as defined in s. 23.335 (1) (y), the report shall be made to
15the department of natural resources and the department of transportation and shall
16include the information specified by each department. If the accident involved any
17other motor vehicle, the report shall be made to the department of transportation and
18shall include the information specified by that department. The coroner or medical
19examiner of the county where the death occurs, if the accident occurred in another
20jurisdiction, shall, immediately upon learning of the death, report it to the coroner
21or medical examiner of the county where the accident occurred, as provided in s.
22979.01 (1)
.
SB297,30 23Section 30. 346.71 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB297,15,2324 346.71 (2) In cases of death involving a motor vehicle in which the decedent was
25the operator of a motor vehicle, a pedestrian 14 years of age or older or a bicycle or

1electric personal assistive mobility device operator 14 years of age or older and who
2died within 6 hours of the time of the accident, the coroner or medical examiner of
3the county where the death occurred shall require that a blood specimen of at least
410 cc. be withdrawn from the body of the decedent within 12 hours after his or her
5death, by the coroner or medical examiner or by a physician so designated by the
6coroner or medical examiner or by a qualified person at the direction of the physician.
7All funeral directors shall obtain a release an authorization from the a coroner or
8medical examiner of the county where the accident occurred as provided in s. 979.01
9(4)
979.105 prior to proceeding with embalming any body coming under the scope of
10this section. The blood so drawn shall be forwarded to a laboratory approved by the
11department of health services for analysis of the alcoholic content of the blood
12specimen. The coroner or medical examiner causing the blood to be withdrawn shall
13be notified of the results of each analysis made and shall forward the results of each
14such analysis to the department of health services. If the death involved a motor
15vehicle, the department shall keep a record of all such examinations to be used for
16statistical purposes only and the department shall disseminate and make public the
17cumulative results of the examinations without identifying the individuals involved.
18If the death involved an all-terrain vehicle, a utility terrain vehicle, or an
19off-highway motorcycle, as defined in s. 23.335 (1) (q), that was being operated off
20the highways, as defined in s. 23.335 (1) (y), the department of natural resources
21shall keep a record of all such examinations to be used for statistical purposes only
22and the department of natural resources shall disseminate and make public the
23cumulative results of the examinations without identifying the individuals involved.
SB297,31 24Section 31. 440.03 (9) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB297,16,4
1440.03 (9) (a) (intro.) Subject to pars. (b) and (c) and except as provided in par.
2(bm)
, the department shall, biennially, determine each fee for an initial credential
3for which no examination is required, for a reciprocal credential, and for a credential
4renewal by doing all of the following:
SB297,32 5Section 32. 440.03 (9) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB297,16,86 440.03 (9) (bm) The medicolegal investigation examining board may determine
7the amount of any fees imposed for licenses issued under s. 465.10, in accordance
8with s. 465.05 (2).
SB297,33 9Section 33. 440.03 (13) (b) 38d. of the statutes is created to read:
SB297,16,1010 440.03 (13) (b) 38d. Medicolegal investigator.
SB297,34 11Section 34. 440.05 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB297,16,14 12440.05 Standard fees. (intro.) The following standard fees apply to all initial
13credentials, except as provided in ss. 440.51, 444.03, 444.11, 446.02 (2) (c), 447.04 (2)
14(c) 2., 448.07 (2), 449.17 (1m) (d), and 449.18 (2) (d), and 465.05 (2):
SB297,35 15Section 35. 440.05 (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act
16116
and 2017 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
SB297,16,19 17440.05 Standard fees. (intro.) The following standard fees apply to all initial
18credentials, except as provided in ss. 440.51, 444.03, 444.11, 446.02 (2) (c), 447.04 (2)
19(c) 2., 449.17 (1m) (d), 449.18 (2) (d), and 465.05 (2):
SB297,36 20Section 36. 440.08 (2) (a) 46t. of the statutes is created to read:
SB297,16,2221 440.08 (2) (a) 46t. Medicolegal investigation: January 1, 2019, and
22quadrennially thereafter.
SB297,37 23Section 37. 440.78 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB297,16,2424 440.78 (1) (b) A copy of the cremation permit issued under s. 979.10 (1) (a) (ag).
SB297,38 25Section 38. Chapter 465 of the statutes is created to read:
SB297,17,2
1chapter 465
2 medicolegal investigation
SB297,17,3 3465.01 Definitions. In this chapter:
SB297,17,5 4(1g) “Accredited medical examiner" means a medical examiner appointed
5under s. 59.34 (1) (a) or 59.38 (5) who satisfies any of the following:
SB297,17,76 (a) He or she is accredited as a certified forensic pathologist by the American
7Board of Pathology.
SB297,17,98 (b) He or she is accredited as a certified forensic anthropologist by the American
9Board of Forensic Anthropology.
SB297,17,1110 (c) He or she is certified in forensic odontology by the American Board of
11Forensic Odontology.
SB297,17,12 12(1r) “Board" means the medicolegal investigation examining board.
SB297,17,14 13(2) “Medical examiner" means a nonaccredited medical examiner or an
14accredited medical examiner.
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