Section 59.39. Coroner or medical examiner as funeral director, limitation.

  No coroner, deputy coroner, medical examiner or assistant medical examiner who is a licensed funeral director, an owner or operator of a funeral establishment as defined in s. 445.01 , or an employee of a funeral establishment, and no funeral establishment with which such a coroner, deputy coroner, medical examiner or assistant medical examiner is associated, shall perform any of the services of a funeral director upon the body of any person whose death is required by law to be investigated by such coroner, his or her deputy, medical examiner or assistant medical examiner. Any person who violates this section shall be fined not more than $50.

1973 c. 272 ; 1979 c. 175 s. 53 ; 1979 c. 221 s. 2202 (45) ; 1983 a. 485 ; 1995 a. 201 s. 308 ; Stats. 1995 s. 59.39.