2004 Florida Code
TITLE XXXII REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 470 FUNERAL DIRECTING, EMBALMING, AND DIRECT DISPOSITION
470.032 Unlawful to remove or embalm body without consent of proper official when crime is suspected.
1470.032 Unlawful to remove or embalm body without consent of proper official when crime is suspected.--It is unlawful for a licensee or registrant to remove or embalm a dead human body when she or he has information indicating crime or violence of any sort in connection with the cause of death until permission of the medical examiner or other lawfully authorized official has first been obtained.
History.--ss. 1, 5, ch. 79-231; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 1, ch. 89-8; s. 122, ch. 93-399; s. 325, ch. 97-103; s. 92, ch. 2004-301.
1Note.--Section 92, ch. 2004-301, renumbered s. 470.032 as s. 497.387 and amended the section, effective October 1, 2005, to read:
497.387 Unlawful to remove or embalm body without consent of proper official when crime is suspected.--It is unlawful for a licensee under this chapter to remove or embalm a dead human body when she or he has information indicating crime or violence of any sort in connection with the cause of death until permission of the medical examiner or other lawfully authorized official has first been obtained.
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