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55 ILCS 5/3-3017

(55 ILCS 5/3-3017) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-3017)

Sec. 3-3017.

Cremation.

In any death where the remains are to
be cremated, it shall be the duty of the funeral director or person having
custody of the dead body to obtain from the coroner a permit to cremate the
body. The coroner's permit to cremate shall be presented to the local
registrar in applying for the Permit for Disposition of Dead Human Body
provided for in Section 21 of the Vital Records Act, and the local
registrar shall attach the coroner's permit to cremate to the Permit for
Disposition of Dead Human Body which is issued. No crematory shall cremate
a dead human body unless a Permit for Disposition of Dead Human Body with
an attached coroner's permit to cremate has been furnished to authorize
the cremation.

(Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028; 87-895.)