Chapter DHS 135
HUMAN CORPSES AND STILLBIRTHS
DHS 135.01   Purpose and authority.
DHS 135.02   Definitions.
DHS 135.03   Responsibility for notification of death.
DHS 135.04   Removal from a hospital or nursing home.
DHS 135.05   Preparation and funeral.
DHS 135.06   Transportation and burial or other disposition.
DHS 135.07   Disinterment.
DHS 135.08   Pronouncement of death outside of a hospital or nursing home.
DHS 135.09   Jurisdiction and duties of coroner or medical examiner.
Ch. DHS 135 NoteNote: Chapter HSS 135 as it existed on January 31, 1993, was repealed and a new chapter HSS 135 was created effective February 1, 1993. Chapter HSS 135 was renumbered chapter HFS 135 under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats., and corrections made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 6. and 7., Stats., Register October 1999, No. 526. Chapter HFS 135 was renumbered chapter DHS 135 under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., and corrections made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register January 2009 No. 637.
DHS 135.01DHS 135.01Purpose and authority. This chapter and ch. DHS 136 regulate the preparation, transportation and disposition of human corpses and stillbirths for purposes of protecting the health of the public and properly registering deaths. The chapter is promulgated under the authority of ss. 69.02 (2), 250.04 (7) and 157.01, Stats., to interpret and contribute to the implementation of ss. 69.01 to 69.12, 69.18, 250.04 (1), 157.01 and 979.10, Stats. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a member of the immediate family from preparing the corpse of a family member for burial, except as provided in s. DHS 135.05 (1) (b), or from conducting the funeral of a deceased family member.
DHS 135.01 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, January, 1993, No. 445, eff. 2-1-93; corrections made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, August, 1995, No. 476; correction made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register January 2009 No. 637.
DHS 135.02DHS 135.02Definitions. In this chapter:
DHS 135.02(1)(1)“Common carrier” has the meaning prescribed for “common motor carrier” in s. 194.01 (1), Stats., and in addition includes a vehicle using rails, air or water to transport persons or property.