979.10 Cremation.
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979.10 Cremation.
(a)No person may cremate the corpse of a deceased person within 48 hours after the death, or the discovery of the death, of the deceased person unless the death was caused by a contagious or infectious disease. Notwithstanding s. 979.09 , no person may cremate an unclaimed corpse if the deceased person died as the result of homicide. No person may cremate a corpse unless the person has received a cremation permit from:
1. The coroner or medical examiner in the county where the death occurred if the death occurred in this state;
2. The coroner or medical examiner in the county where the event which caused the death occurred if the death occurred in this state and if the death is the subject of an investigation under s. 979.01 ; or
3. The coroner or medical examiner of the county where the corpse is to be cremated if the death occurred outside this state. A cremation permit issued under this subdivision may not be used in any county except the county in which the cremation permit is issued.
(ae)The department of health services shall design a cremation permit application form for a person to use when applying for a cremation permit under par.
(a). The department shall include in the form a place for a coroner or medical examiner to state that he or she has viewed the corpse that is the subject of the permit and made personal inquiry into the cause and manner of death under sub.
(2)and is of the opinion that no further examination or judicial inquiry is necessary.
Effective date note NOTE: Par.
(ae)is created by 2023 Wis. Act 84 eff. on the date specified in the Department of Health Services notice published in the Wisconsin Administrative Register under 2023 Wis. Act 84 , section 5
(1).
(am)If the coroner or medical examiner of a county requires applicants for cremation permits to use an application form to apply for a cremation permit, a person who applies for a cremation permit in that county shall use the cremation permit application form designed under par.
(ae)to apply for the cremation permit.