410 ILCS 18/50

(410 ILCS 18/50)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2029)

Sec. 50.

Pacemakers and hazardous implants.

If an authorizing agent informs the funeral director and the cremation
authority on the cremation authorization form of the presence of a
pacemaker in the human remains, then the funeral director shall be
responsible for ensuring that all necessary steps have been taken to remove
the pacemaker before delivering the human remains to the crematory. Should
the funeral director who delivers the human remains to the crematory fail to
ensure that the pacemaker  has  been removed from the human remains prior to
delivery, and should the human remains be cremated with the pacemaker,
then the  funeral director who delivered the human remains to the crematory
and anyone else covered by this Section shall be liable for all resulting
damages.

(Source: P.A. 87-1187.)