Wyoming § 33-16-527 Duty to ascertain cause of death; funeral
service practitioner to prepare body for transportation or
removal if death due to communicable, contagious or infectious
disease

Wyoming Statutes

§ 33-16-527 — Duty to ascertain cause of death; funeral service practitioner to prepare body for transportation or removal if death due to communicable, contagious or infectious disease

Wyoming·Title 33 Professions and Occupations·Ch. 16 EMBALMERS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS, UNDERTAKERS AND·Art. 5 FUNERAL SERVICE PRACTITIONERS ACT

It shall be the duty of every funeral director and funeral
service practitioner, when called to take charge of a dead body,
to first ascertain the cause of death from the coroner or
medical professional. If death has occurred from any
communicable, contagious or infectious disease, the funeral
director or funeral service practitioner shall not remove or
transport the body until after the body has been prepared for
transportation or removal by a licensed funeral service
practitioner of this state.

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It shall be the duty of every funeral director and funeral
service practitioner, when called to take charge of a dead body,
to first ascertain the cause of death from the coroner or
medical professional. If death has occurred from any
communicable, contagious or infectious disease, the funeral
director or funeral service practitioner shall not remove or
transport the body until after the body has been prepared for
transportation or removal by a licensed funeral service
practitioner of this state.

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