{"data":{"id":"us-il/410-ilcs-18-50","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"410 ILCS 18/50","heading":"Pacemakers and hazardous implants.","body":"(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-501)\n(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2029)\nIf an authorizing agent informs the funeral director and the cremation authority on the cremation authorization form of the presence of a pacemaker in the human remains, then the funeral director shall be responsible for ensuring that all necessary steps have been taken to remove the pacemaker before delivering the human remains to the crematory. Should the funeral director who delivers the human remains to the crematory fail to ensure that the pacemaker has been removed from the human remains prior to delivery, and should the human remains be cremated with the pacemaker, then the funeral director who delivered the human remains to the crematory and anyone else covered by this Section shall be liable for all resulting damages.\n(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-501)\n(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2029)\nPacemakers and hazardous implants. If an authorizing agent informs the funeral director and the cremation authority on the cremation authorization form of the presence of a pacemaker in the human remains, then the funeral director shall be responsible for ensuring that all necessary steps have been taken to remove the pacemaker before delivering the human remains to the crematory. Should the funeral director who delivers the human remains to the crematory fail to ensure that the pacemaker has been removed from the human remains prior to delivery, and should the human remains be cremated with the pacemaker, then the funeral director who delivered the human remains to the crematory and anyone else covered by this Section shall be liable for all resulting damages. Pacemakers do not need to be removed in alkaline hydrolysis if: (1) the involved funeral director has received advance written notice from the crematory authority that its alkaline hydrolysis vessel has been certified by the manufacturer to work safely on human remains that contain pacemakers; and (2) the involved funeral director has received advance written confirmation that the aqueous solution that results from the alkaline hydrolysis of a pacemaker satisfies all federal and State hazardous waste rules and meets all publicly owned treatment works pretreatment standards upon being discharged into the sanitary sewer system.","path":["CHAPTER 410 PUBLIC HEALTH","Crematory Regulation Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1517\u0026ChapterID=35\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:34Z","sha256":"b73a37aa74eab272acb4af674cc6be8384a266257cf35c8c2cabfdfed4a695a4","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/410-ilcs-18-45","next":"us-il/410-ilcs-18-55"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}