Bill Text: IA SF410 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the removal, transfer, and transportation of human remains by an unlicensed employee or agent of a funeral director.(Formerly SF 107.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-19 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [SF410 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF410-Introduced.html
Senate
File
410
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
410
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
107)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
removal,
transfer,
and
transportation
1
of
human
remains
by
an
unlicensed
employee
or
agent
of
a
2
funeral
director.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
156.8B
Removal,
transfer,
and
1
transportation
of
human
remains
——
delegation
to
unlicensed
2
employee
or
agent.
3
The
board
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
allow
4
a
funeral
director,
without
first
assuming
custody
of
the
5
human
remains,
to
delegate
to
an
unlicensed
employee
or
agent
6
the
removal,
transfer,
and
transportation
of
human
remains
7
from
the
place
of
death
to
a
funeral
establishment
or
other
8
designated
place.
The
rules
shall
specify
the
prerequisites
9
for
delegation,
including
any
required
training
the
unlicensed
10
employee
or
agent
shall
complete
prior
to
performing
any
11
removal,
transfer,
or
transportation
of
human
remains
under
12
this
section.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
requires
the
board
of
mortuary
science
to
adopt
17
administrative
rules
to
allow
a
funeral
director,
without
18
first
assuming
custody
of
the
human
remains,
to
delegate
to
19
an
unlicensed
employee
or
agent
of
the
funeral
establishment
20
the
removal,
transfer,
and
transportation
of
human
remains
21
from
the
place
of
death
to
a
funeral
establishment
or
other
22
designated
place.
The
rules
shall
specify
the
requirements
for
23
delegation,
including
any
training
an
unlicensed
employee
or
24
agent
must
complete
prior
to
performing
any
removal,
transfer,
25
or
transportation
of
human
remains
under
the
bill.
26
Current
administrative
rules
under
645
IAC
100.4
address
the
27
delegation
of
the
transfer
and
transportation
of
human
remains
28
to
an
unlicensed
employee
or
agent
of
a
funeral
establishment
29
under
specific
circumstances.
The
bill
requires
the
board
to
30
adopt
administrative
rules
to
broaden
this
delegation.
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