157.05 Autopsy. Consent for a licensed physician to conduct an autopsy on the body of a deceased person shall be deemed sufficient when given by whichever one of the following assumes custody of the body for purposes of burial: Father, mother, husband, wife, child, guardian, next of kin, domestic partner under ch. 770, or in the absence of any of the foregoing, a friend, or a person charged by law with the responsibility for burial. If 2 or more such persons assume custody of the body, the consent of one of them shall be deemed sufficient.
History: 1979 c. 110; 1985 a. 316 s. 14; Stats. 1985 s. 157.05; 2009 a. 28.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 157 - Disposition of human remains.
157.01 - Rules for preparation, transportation and disposition.
157.02 - Disposal of unclaimed corpses.
157.055 - Disposal of human remains during state of emergency relating to public health.
157.062 - Cemetery associations; creation; powers and duties.
157.064 - Cemetery associations and religious associations; holding property; change of ownership.
157.065 - Location and ownership of cemeteries.
157.067 - Connection with funeral establishment prohibited.
157.10 - Alienation, disposition, and use of cemetery lots and mausoleum spaces.
157.11 - Improvement and care of cemetery lots and grounds.
157.111 - Opening and closing of burial places.
157.112 - Reburial of human remains by a cemetery authority.
157.113 - Permission to place cremated human remains in a cemetery.
157.114 - Duty to provide for burials.
157.115 - Abandonment of cemeteries and cemetery lots.
157.123 - Columbaria maintained by religious associations.
157.125 - Trustees for the care of cemeteries or cemetery lots.
157.128 - Minimum acreage requirement for cemetery established on or after November 1, 1991.
157.129 - Minimum acreage of cemeteries; local ordinance.
157.19 - Deposit and investment of care funds and preneed trust funds.
157.50 - Municipal cemeteries.
157.60 - Public easement in cemetery.
157.62 - Reporting; record keeping; audits.