Michigan Compiled Laws
Article 18 - (339.1801...339.1812)
Section 339.1807 - Holder of License for Practice of Mortuary Science; Registration With City or Village Registrar; Transportation Permit; Receiving Dead Human Body for Shipment or Transportation; Shipping Dead Human Body for Anatomical Purpose.

Sec. 1807.
(1) The holder of a license for the practice of mortuary science shall supervise and be responsible for the transportation and storage of a dead human body. The holder of a license for the practice of mortuary science may designate an employee or other person to transport or store a dead human body.
(2) The holder of a license for the practice of mortuary science shall register with the office of the registrar of each city or village in which the holder intends to practice. A transportation permit shall not be issued by the local registrar to a person who has not filed a registration card. A local registrar may grant a transportation permit to the holder of a license for the practice of mortuary science coming from beyond the jurisdiction of the registrar, upon the exhibition of a copy of the holder's license to the registrar.
(3) A railway agent, express agent, baggage master, or conductor shall not receive a dead human body for shipment or transportation by railway or other public conveyance, to or from a point in this state or to a point outside of this state, unless the body is accompanied by a removal or shipping permit.
(4) This section does not apply to any of the following:
(a) The transportation or storage of a dead human body that is the subject of an anatomical gift under part 101 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10123.
(b) The transportation of a dead human body by a county medical examiner.
(c) The removal of a dead human body from the place of death by police, fire, or other emergency personnel.
History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 265, Eff. Mar. 24, 2021 Popular Name: Act 299

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