390.152 CREMATION APPROVAL.
After investigating deaths of persons who are to be cremated, the coroner or medical
examiner may give approval for cremation and shall record such approval by either signing a
cremation authorization form or electronically through the centralized electronic system for
the processing of death records established by the state registrar. It shall be a misdemeanor to
perform a cremation without such approval.
History: 2006 c 260 art 8 s 13