(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
Sec. 15-60. Determination of life. Every funeral director licensee or funeral director and embalmer licensee under this Code before proceeding to prepare or embalm a human body to cremate or bury shall determine that life is extinct by ascertaining that:
(a)pulsation has entirely ceased in the radial or other arteries; and
(b)heart or respiratory sounds are not audible with the use of a stethoscope or with the ear applied directly over the heart.