Sec. 12-20.5. Dismembering a human body.

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(a)A person commits dismembering a human body when he or she knowingly dismembers, severs, separates, dissects, or mutilates any body part of a deceased's body.

(b)This Section does not apply to:

(1)an anatomical gift made in accordance with the Illinois Anatomical Gift Act;

(2)(blank);

(3)the purchase or sale of drugs, reagents, or other substances made from human body

parts, for the use in medical or scientific research, treatment, or diagnosis;

(4)persons employed by a county medical examiner's office or coroner's office acting

within the scope of their employment while performing an autopsy;

(5)the acts of a licensed funeral director or embalmer while performing acts

authorized by the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code;

(6)the acts of emergency medical personnel or physicians performed in good faith and

according to the usual and customary standards of medical practice in an attempt to resuscitate a life; or

(7)physicians licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches or holding a

visiting professor, physician, or resident permit under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, performing acts in accordance with usual and customary standards of medical practice, or a currently enrolled student in an accredited medical school in furtherance of his or her education at the accredited medical school.

(c)It is not a defense to a violation of this Section that the decedent died due to natural, accidental, or suicidal causes.

(d)Sentence. Dismembering a human body is a Class X felony.