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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
AMENDMENT TO MEDICAL EXAMINER'S ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 38 Health and Human Services, Article VI. Medical Examiner, Division 1. Generally, Sec. 38-109 through Sec. 38-149 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows:
ARTICLE VI. MEDICAL EXAMINER
DIVISION 1, GENERALLY
Sec. 38-109. - Office of coroner eliminated.
The office of Coroner of Cook County is hereby eliminated.
Sec. 38-110. - Definitions.
Apparent natural death means the death of any person seen by a physician during the six months prior to death or who had active prescriptions for a cardiovascular disease risk factor, cancer, or other natural disease capable of causing sudden death.
Authorized person means a person listed in the Disposition of Remains Act, 755 ILCS 65/5, in the priority listed, who has the right to control the disposition, including cremation, of a decedent's remains and is liable for the reasonable costs of the disposition.
Cremation means the final disposition of human remains by means other than burial as defined in the Cremation Regulatory Act, 410 ILCS 18/1 et seq.
Disclaimed body means an identified body who has known next-of-kin that choose not to take responsibility for burial of the body.
Indigent means body that is either unclaimed or disclaimed and an individual that is without sufficient assets for burial, including private assets, public funds or Veteran's Assistance ("VA") benefits, and that will be entitled to final disposition at the expense of the public.
Public disposition means the final disposal of a dead human body in the custody of the Office of the Medical Examiner by (i) the delivery of any such body to any physician or surgeon licensed in Illinois, or to any medical college or school, or other institution of higher science education or school of mortuary science pursuant to the Cadaver Act, 410 ILCS 510, or (ii) ...
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