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Public Act 099-0262
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| HB4120 Enrolled | LRB099 04316 HEP 24343 b |
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AN ACT concerning health.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by adding |
Section 21.7 as follows:
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(410 ILCS 535/21.7 new) |
Sec. 21.7. Temporary removal of a dead body. No permit for |
transportation signed by the local registrar is required prior |
to transporting a dead human body out of the State of Illinois, |
at the direction of a federally designated organ procurement |
organization, for the purpose of organ or tissue donation. The |
dead human body being transported for the purpose of organ or |
tissue donation shall be accompanied by a self-issued permit in |
accordance with rules adopted by the Department of Public |
Health. This self-issued permit shall be completed by an |
Illinois-licensed funeral director and embalmer or |
Illinois-licensed funeral director and shall serve as |
notification to the county medical examiner or coroner of the |
jurisdiction or county in which the death occurred that the |
dead human body is being transported out of Illinois for a |
period not to exceed 36 hours. This Section applies only to |
instances in which the dead human body is to be returned to |
Illinois prior to disposition. This Section does not affect any |