AB867-ASA1,19,32 2. An individual who is elected as a coroner or appointed to fill a vacancy as a
3coroner.
AB867-ASA1,19,5 4(2) Issuing of licenses. (a) Initial license. The board shall issue a license in
5medicolegal investigation to an individual if all of the following are satisfied:
AB867-ASA1,19,86 1. The individual is appointed as a nonaccredited medical examiner or is hired
7by a coroner or medical examiner to serve as a medicolegal investigation staff
8member.
AB867-ASA1,19,99 2. The individual pays any fee imposed by the board under s. 465.05 (2).
AB867-ASA1,19,1410 (b) License renewal. The renewal date for a license issued under this subsection
11is specified under s. 440.08 (2) (a). Renewal applications shall include any fee
12established by the board under s. 465.05 (2) and proof satisfactory to the board that
13the individual has completed all hours of training or education required under sub.
14(3).
AB867-ASA1,19,17 15(3) Training and education requirements. (a) An individual who is issued an
16initial license under sub. (2) (a) shall, within 18 months after the license is issued,
17complete a basic, 40-hour death investigation training course approved by the board.
AB867-ASA1,19,2218 (am) 1. An individual who is issued an initial license under sub. (2) (a) within
1918 months prior to the next renewal date may renew the license one time without
20satisfying the requirement under par. (a). The individual may renew the license a
212nd time following completion, within the period specified under par. (a), of that
22requirement.
AB867-ASA1,19,2523 2. An individual who is issued an initial license under sub. (2) (a) more than
2418 months prior to the next renewal date may renew the license one time after
25satisfying, within the period specified under par. (a), the requirement under par. (a).
AB867-ASA1,20,5
1(b) An individual applying for a renewal of a license issued under sub. (2) (a)
2subsequent to the 2nd renewal under par. (am) 1. or the first renewal under par. (am)
32., and an individual applying for a renewal of a license issued under sub. (2) (a)
4subsequent to the renewal under sub. (3m) (b), shall complete 24 hours of education,
5as prescribed by the board.
AB867-ASA1,20,13 6(3m) Currently serving individuals. (a) Notwithstanding sub. (2) (a), the
7board shall issue an initial license in medicolegal investigation under sub. (2) (a) to
8every individual who is serving as a nonaccredited medical examiner or medicolegal
9investigation staff member in this state on the effective date of this paragraph ....
10[LRB inserts date]. The board may also, in the manner prescribed by the board, issue
11an initial license in medicolegal investigation under sub. (2) (a) to an individual who
12is serving as a coroner in this state on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB
13inserts date], and who elects to receive a license under this paragraph.
AB867-ASA1,20,1714 (b) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (a) and (am), an individual issued an initial license
15under par. (a) is not required to satisfy the requirement under sub. (3) (a), but shall
16instead, prior to the January 1, 2019, renewal date, satisfy all of the following in
17order to renew the license:
AB867-ASA1,20,1818 1. Complete 24 hours of education, as prescribed by the board.
AB867-ASA1,20,2019 2. In addition to the hours of education required under subd. 1., do one of the
20following:
AB867-ASA1,20,2121 a. Complete 16 hours of education, as prescribed by the board.
AB867-ASA1,20,2322 b. Obtain a waiver from the requirement under subd. 2. a. in the method
23described under par. (c).
AB867-ASA1,21,324 (c) The board may grant a waiver of the education requirement under par. (b)
252. a. to a coroner, nonaccredited medical examiner, or medicolegal investigation staff

1member who holds a credential, in good standing, from a nationally recognized
2accreditation organization specializing in death investigation education and who
3applies to the board for a waiver in the method prescribed by the board.
AB867-ASA1,21,54 (d) Notwithstanding sub. (2) (a) 2. and s. 465.05 (2), no initial license fee may
5be imposed for individuals issued an initial license under par. (a).
AB867-ASA1,21,8 6(4) Optional license. (a) Initial license. The board may issue a license in
7medicolegal investigation to an individual, other than an individual required to hold
8a license under sub. (1), who satisfies all of the following criteria:
AB867-ASA1,21,109 1. The individual successfully completes 40 hours of training, as prescribed by
10the board, and any additional requirements set by the board.
AB867-ASA1,21,1211 2. The individual applies to the board for a license in the manner prescribed
12by the board.
AB867-ASA1,21,1413 3. The individual pays any licensing fee imposed by the board under s. 465.05
14(2).
AB867-ASA1,21,1715 (b) License renewal. The renewal date for a license issued under this subsection
16is specified under s. 440.08 (2) (a). Renewal applications shall include all of the
17following:
AB867-ASA1,21,1818 1. Any fee established by the board under s. 465.05 (2).
AB867-ASA1,21,2319 2. Proof satisfactory to the board that the individual has completed, in the
204-year period preceding the renewal date, 24 hours of education, as prescribed by the
21board. This subdivision does not apply to an individual applying for an initial
22renewal who is issued a license under par. (a) when there is less than one year
23remaining until the next license renewal date.
AB867-ASA1,21,2524 3. Proof that the individual has fulfilled any other requirements of licensure
25as prescribed by the board.
AB867-ASA1,22,5
1(5) Board notification requirement. An individual who is elected as a coroner,
2is appointed to fill a vacancy as a coroner, is appointed as a nonaccredited medical
3examiner, or is hired by a coroner or medical examiner to serve as a medicolegal
4investigation staff member shall, if he or she leaves his or her position as a coroner,
5medical examiner, or medicolegal investigation staff member, so inform the board.
AB867-ASA1,22,7 6465.15 Penalty. Any person who violates s. 465.10 (1) (a) shall be fined not
7more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 90 days.
AB867-ASA1,38 8Section 38. 979.01 (1m) of the statutes is renumbered 979.01 (1m) (a) and
9amended to read:
AB867-ASA1,22,1310 979.01 (1m) (a) The Except as provided in par. (b), the coroner or medical
11examiner receiving notification under sub. (1) or (1g) shall immediately, within a
12reasonable time after receiving notice of the death,
notify the district attorney for his
13or her county of the death
.
AB867-ASA1,39 14Section 39. 979.01 (1m) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB867-ASA1,22,1715 979.01 (1m) (b) Except as provided in s. 979.04 (2), the coroner or medical
16examiner is not required to notify the district attorney of any deaths for which the
17district attorney, in writing, waives notice.
AB867-ASA1,40 18Section 40. 979.01 (1p) of the statutes is created to read:
AB867-ASA1,22,2019 979.01 (1p) A coroner or medical examiner who receives notice of a death under
20sub. (1), or his or her designee, shall notify the deceased's next of kin of the death.
AB867-ASA1,41 21Section 41. 979.01 (1r) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867-ASA1,23,222 979.01 (1r) If the coroner or medical examiner is notified of a death under sub.
23(1) or (1g) and determines that his or her notification of the death was not required
24under sub. (1) or (1g),
the discovery of human remains under this section and

1determines that the human remains have no forensic significance,
he or she shall
2notify the director of the historical society under s. 157.70 (3).
AB867-ASA1,42 3Section 42. 979.01 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 979.105 and amended to
4read:
AB867-ASA1,23,18 5979.105 Authorization to embalm a body. No person may embalm or
6perform an autopsy on
the body of any person who has died under any of the
7circumstances listed in this section or on the body of
any person whose death has
8been
must be reported under s. 948.23 (1) (b) unless the person obtains or 979.01 (1)
9without
the written authorization of the coroner or medical examiner of the county
10in which the injury or cause of death occurred. Such authorization shall be issued
11by the
An authorization under this section shall include information necessary to
12identify the deceased, the date and place of death, and the name of the funeral
13director or person acting in place of the funeral director and shall specify that the
14authorization does not override the wishes of the next of kin of the deceased with
15respect to disposition of the body. The
coroner or a deputy or a medical examiner, or
16his or her designee, shall issue an authorization under this section
within 12 hours
17after notification of the reportable death, or as soon thereafter as possible in the
18event of unexplained, unusual or suspicious circumstances.
AB867-ASA1,43 19Section 43. 979.025 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867-ASA1,24,620 979.025 (2) Inmate confined in an institution in another state. If an
21individual dies while he or she is in the legal custody of the department and confined
22to a correctional facility in another state under a contract under s. 301.07, 301.21,
23or 302.25, the department shall have an autopsy and any other appropriate
24diagnostic procedure
performed by an appropriate authority in the other state or by
25the coroner or medical examiner of the county in which the circuit court is located

1that sentenced the individual to the custody of the department. If the coroner or
2medical examiner who performs the autopsy or other diagnostic procedure in this
3state determines that the individual's death may have been the result of any of the
4situations that would permit the district attorney to order an inquest under s. 979.04
5(1), the coroner or medical examiner shall forward the results of the autopsy or other
6diagnostic procedure
to the appropriate authority in the other state.
AB867-ASA1,44 7Section 44. 979.025 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867-ASA1,24,108 979.025 (3) Costs of an autopsy and diagnostic procedure. The costs of an
9autopsy or other diagnostic procedure performed under sub. (1) or (2) shall be paid
10by the department.
AB867-ASA1,45 11Section 45. 979.027 of the statutes is created to read:
AB867-ASA1,24,20 12979.027 Disinterment for autopsy or other diagnostic procedure. The
13district attorney may move the circuit court for the county in which a body is buried
14for an order disinterring the body for the purpose of conducting an autopsy or other
15diagnostic procedures. The order shall be granted by the circuit court upon a
16reasonable showing that any of the criteria specified in s. 979.04 (1) exists. The clerk
17of the circuit court shall send a copy of the order to the coroner or medical examiner
18in the county in which the body is buried. Upon receipt of the order, the coroner or
19medical examiner shall issue a permit for disinterment and reinterment under s.
2069.18 (4) (c).
AB867-ASA1,46 21Section 46. 979.036 of the statutes is created to read:
AB867-ASA1,25,4 22979.036 Handling of personal property of deceased. (1) Each coroner or
23medical examiner shall keep an inventory of any money or other property that the
24coroner or medical examiner takes from a death scene or from a deceased and does
25not immediately provide to a law enforcement agency as evidence. The coroner or

1medical examiner shall release any such property, other than prescription
2medication, that belonged to the deceased to a representative of the deceased unless
3the property is needed as evidence or unless a court has issued an order to hold the
4property for payment of fees associated with the disposal of the body.
AB867-ASA1,25,15 5(2) If the coroner or medical examiner takes prescription medications from a
6death scene or from the body of a deceased, the coroner or medical examiner shall list
7them on an inventory sheet and sign the inventory sheet. If the coroner or medical
8examiner does not provide the prescription medications to a law enforcement agency
9as evidence, the coroner or medical examiner shall destroy them in accordance with
10applicable county evidence retention policies and appropriate standards for disposal
11of medications, except that the coroner or medical examiner shall donate those
12prescription medications that satisfy the requirements under s. 255.056 (3) to the
13drug repository program under s. 255.056 or to another similar drug repository
14program. The coroner or medical examiner shall indicate on the inventory sheet the
15disposition of the prescription medications.
AB867-ASA1,47 16Section 47. 979.09 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867-ASA1,26,6 17979.09 Burial Disposition of an unidentified or unclaimed body. If any
18judge or circuit court commissioner conducts an inquest as to the death of a stranger
19or of a person whose identity is unknown or whose body is unclaimed or if the district
20attorney determines that no inquest into the death of such a person is necessary and
21the circuit judge has not ordered an inquest under s. 979.04 (2),
a coroner or medical
22examiner has custody of an unidentified or unclaimed body of an individual whose
23death was investigated under s. 979.01, and the coroner or medical examiner has
24made reasonable efforts to identify the body or locate a representative of the
25deceased,
the coroner or medical examiner shall cause the body to be decently buried

1or cremated and shall certify to all the charges incurred in taking any inquest by him
2or her and to
the expenses of burial or cremation of the dead body. The charges and
3expenses shall be audited by the county board of the proper county and paid out of
4the county treasury
with funds other than funds appropriated for the operation of
5the coroner's or medical examiner's office. The immunity provisions under s. 157.02
6(2m) (b) and (c) apply to a coroner's or medical examiner's actions under this section
.
AB867-ASA1,48 7Section 48. 979.10 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867-ASA1,26,118 979.10 (1) (a) (intro.) No person may cremate the corpse body of a deceased
9person within 48 hours after the pronouncement of death, or the discovery of the
10death, of the deceased person
unless the death was caused by a contagious or
11infectious disease. and one of the following conditions applies:
AB867-ASA1,26,13 12(ag) No person may cremate a corpse body unless the person has received a
13cremation permit from one of the following:
AB867-ASA1,49 14Section 49. 979.10 (1) (a) 1., 2. and 3. of the statutes are renumbered 979.10
15(1) (ag) 1., 2. and 3. and amended to read:
AB867-ASA1,26,1816 979.10 (1) (ag) 1. The coroner or medical examiner in the county where the
17death occurred was pronounced if the death occurred was pronounced in this state;
18and the death was not subject to an investigation under s. 979.01.
AB867-ASA1,26,2219 2. The coroner or medical examiner in the county where the event which caused
20the death occurred if the death occurred in this state and
who investigated the death
21if the death was pronounced in this state and is the subject of to an investigation
22under s. 979.01; or.
AB867-ASA1,27,223 3. The coroner or medical examiner of the county where the corpse body is to
24be cremated if the death occurred was pronounced outside this state. A cremation

1permit issued under this subdivision may not be used in any county except the county
2in which the cremation permit is issued.
AB867-ASA1,50 3Section 50. 979.10 (1) (a) 1m. and 2m. of the statutes are created to read:
AB867-ASA1,27,54 979.10 (1) (a) 1m. The person determines that the body must be cremated
5immediately to effectively contain the disease.
AB867-ASA1,27,76 2m. A public health authority orders sooner disposal of the body under s.
7157.055 (2) (c) during a state of emergency related to public health.
AB867-ASA1,51 8Section 51. 979.10 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867-ASA1,27,149 979.10 (1) (b) A coroner or medical examiner shall include in any cremation
10permit issued under par. (a) (ag) a statement that he or she has viewed the corpse
11body which is the subject of the permit and made personal inquiry into the cause and
12manner of death under sub. (2) and is of the opinion that no further examination or
13judicial inquiry is necessary. The permit shall also specify the earliest date and time
14that the cremation may occur.
AB867-ASA1,52 15Section 52. 979.10 (1) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 157.113 and amended
16to read:
AB867-ASA1,27,20 17157.113 Permission to place cremated human remains in cemetery. No
18person may deposit any cremated human remains of a corpse in any a cemetery,
19including in the casket of another person,
without the permission of the person who
20owns or is in charge of the cemetery
cemetery authority.
AB867-ASA1,53 21Section 53. 979.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867-ASA1,28,622 979.10 (2) If a corpse body is to be cremated, the coroner or medical examiner
23shall make a careful personal inquiry into the cause and manner of death, and
24conduct an autopsy or order the conducting of an autopsy, if in his or her or the district
25attorney's opinion it is necessary to determine the cause and manner of death. If the

1coroner or medical examiner determines that no further examination or judicial
2inquiry is necessary, he or she shall certify that fact. Upon written request by the
3district attorney the coroner or medical examiner shall obtain the concurrence of the
4district attorney before issuing the certification. If the coroner or medical examiner
5determines that further examination or judicial inquiry is necessary, he or she shall
6notify the district attorney under s. 979.04 (2).
AB867-ASA1,54 7Section 54. 979.10 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB867-ASA1,55 8Section 55. 979.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867-ASA1,28,139 979.10 (4) Whoever accepts, receives, or takes any corpse body of a deceased
10person with intent to destroy the corpse body by means of cremation, or who cremates
11or aids and assists in the cremation of any corpse body of a deceased person without
12having presented the permit specified in sub. (1) (ag), shall be fined not more than
13$10,000 or imprisoned not more than 9 months or both.
AB867-ASA1,56 14Section 56. 979.22 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB867-ASA1,28,20 15979.22 Autopsies Fees for other autopsy and toxicological services by
16coroners or medical examiners. A coroner or medical examiner may perform
17autopsies and toxicological services not required under this chapter and may charge
18a fee established by the county board for such autopsies and services. The fee may
19not exceed an amount reasonably related to the actual and necessary cost of
20providing the service and autopsy.
AB867-ASA1,57 21Section 57 . Nonstatutory provisions.
AB867-ASA1,28,2522 (1) Examining board; initial terms. Notwithstanding the length of terms
23specified for the members of the medicolegal investigation examining board under
24section 15.405 (18) of the statutes, as created by this act, initial appointments to the
25medicolegal investigation examining board shall be made as follows:
AB867-ASA1,29,4
1(a) The members under section 15.405 (18) (a) of the statutes, as created by this
2act, the member under section 15.405 (18) (c) of the statutes, as created by this act,
3and the member under section 15.405 (18) (e) of the statutes, as created by this act,
4shall be appointed for terms expiring on July 1, 2016.
AB867-ASA1,29,85 (b) The members under section 15.405 (18) (am) of the statutes, as created by
6this act, the member under section 15.405 (18) (d) of the statutes, as created by this
7act, and the member under section 15.405 (18) (g) of the statutes, as created by this
8act, shall be appointed for terms expiring on July 1, 2018.
AB867-ASA1,29,119 (c) The members under section 15.405 (18) (b) of the statutes, as created by this
10act, and the member under section 15.405 (18) (i) of the statutes, as created by this
11act, shall be appointed for terms expiring on July 1, 2020.
AB867-ASA1,29,1212 (2) Examining board; provisional appointments.
AB867-ASA1,29,2113 (a) Notwithstanding section 15.08 (1) of the statutes, the governor may
14provisionally appoint initial members of the medicolegal investigation examining
15board under section 15.405 (18) of the statutes, as created by this act. Those
16provisional appointments remain in force until withdrawn by the governor or acted
17upon by the senate, and if confirmed by the senate shall continue for the remainder
18of the unexpired term, if any, of the member and until a successor is chosen and
19qualifies. A provisional appointee may exercise all the powers and duties of board
20membership to which the person is appointed during the time in which the appointee
21qualifies.
AB867-ASA1,30,222 (b) A provisional appointment made under paragraph (a ) that is withdrawn by
23the governor lapses upon withdrawal and creates a vacancy for provisional
24appointment of another initial member of the medicolegal investigation examining
25board. Any provisional appointment made under paragraph (a) that is rejected by

1the senate lapses upon rejection and creates a vacancy for nomination and
2appointment under section 15.08 (1) of the statutes of another initial board member.
AB867-ASA1,30,133 (3) Examining board; emergency rule authority. The medicolegal
4investigation examining board may promulgate emergency rules under section
5227.24 of the statutes as required under section 465.05 (1) (a) of the statutes, as
6created by this act. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes,
7emergency rules promulgated under this subsection remain in effect for one year, or
8until the date on which permanent rules take effect, whichever is sooner.
9Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a) and (3) of the statutes, the medicolegal
10investigation examining board is not required to provide evidence that promulgating
11a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation
12of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding
13of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.
AB867-ASA1,58 14Section 58. Initial applicability.
AB867-ASA1,30,2315 (1) Death investigations; authorization to embalm or dispose of a body;
16cremation permit; disposition of bodies.
The treatment of sections 69.01 (12), 69.18
17(2) (d) 1., 2., and 3., and (3) (a), (b), and (d), 157.02 (1), (1m) (title), (2), (2m), (3), (4),
18and (5), 157.03 (1) and (2), 157.055 (2) (intro.), 346.71 (2), 440.78 (1) (b), 979.01 (1p),
19(1r), and (4), 979.025 (2) and (3), 979.036, 979.09, 979.10 (1) (a) (intro.), 1., 1m., 2.,
202m., and 3., (b), and (c), (2), (3), and (4), and 979.22 of the statutes, the renumbering
21and amendment of section 979.01 (1m) of the statutes, and the creation of section
22979.01 (1m) (b) of the statutes first apply to deaths occurring on the effective date of
23this subsection.
AB867-ASA1,31,3
1(2) Disinterment permits. The treatment of sections 69.18 (4) (a) (intro.) and
21g. to 6., (am) (intro.), (b), (bm), (d), (e), and (f) and 157.112 (3) (intro.) of the statutes
3first applies to disinterments performed on the effective date of this subsection.
AB867-ASA1,59 4Section 59. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
5except as follows:
AB867-ASA1,31,96 (1) The treatment of sections 440.03 (9) (a) (intro.) and (bm) and (13) (b) 38d.,
7440.05 (intro.), 440.08 (2) (a) 46t., 465.05 (1) (b), (c), (dm), and (e) and (2) (a), 465.10,
8and 465.15 of the statutes takes effect on the first day of the 13th month beginning
9after publication.
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