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South Carolina · Through 2025 Session of the General Assembly

S.C. Code Ann. § 32-8-355: Human remains; presence of pacemaker.

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  1. Title 32 - CONTRACTS AND AGENTS
  2. CHAPTER 8 Cremation Authorizations and Procedures

If a decedent's agent informs the funeral establishment on the cremation authorization form of the presence of a pacemaker in the human remains, the funeral establishment must ensure that all necessary steps have been taken to remove the pacemaker before delivering the human remains to the crematory authority. If the funeral establishment who delivers the human remains to the crematory knows of the presence of a pacemaker in the human remains and fails to ensure that the pacemaker has been removed before delivery and if the remains are cremated with the pacemaker, the funeral establishment who delivered the human remains to the crematory and who knew of the presence of the pacemaker is liable for all resulting damages.

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