Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.1807: Holder of license for practice of mortuary science; registration with city or village registrar; transportation permit; receiving dead human body for shipment or transportation; shipping dead human body for anatomical purpose.

Sec. 1807.

(1) The holder of a license for the practice of mortuary science shall supervise and be responsible for the transportation and storage of a dead human body. The holder of a license for the practice of mortuary science may designate an employee or other person to transport or store a dead human body.

(2) The holder of a license for the practice of mortuary science shall register with the office of the registrar of each city or village in which the holder intends to practice. A transportation permit shall not be issued by the local registrar to a person who has not filed a registration card. A local registrar may grant a transportation permit to the holder of a license for the practice of mortuary science coming from beyond the jurisdiction of the registrar, upon the exhibition of a copy of the holder's license to the registrar.

(3) A railway agent, express agent, baggage master, or conductor shall not receive a dead human body for shipment or transportation by railway or other public conveyance, to or from a point in this state or to a point outside of this state, unless the body is accompanied by a removal or shipping permit.

(4) This section does not apply to any of the following:

(a) The transportation or storage of a dead human body that is the subject of an anatomical gift under part 101 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10123.

(b) The transportation of a dead human body by a county medical examiner.

(c) The removal of a dead human body from the place of death by police, fire, or other emergency personnel.