{"data":{"id":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-445.16","jurisdiction":"us-wi","citation":"Wis. Stat. § 445.16","heading":"Exceptions.","body":"No provision of this chapter shall apply to, or in any way interfere with the duties of any officer of any public institution, nor with the duties of any officer of a medical college, county medical society, anatomical association, accredited college of embalming or any other recognized person carrying out the statutes prescribing the conditions under which donated or indigent dead human bodies are held subject for anatomical study; nor with the customs or rites of any religious sect in the burial of their dead.","path":["Chs. 440-480, Regulation and Licensing","Chapter 445 Funeral Directors"],"source_url":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/445.16","current_through":"2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:01:25Z","sha256":"338a1463d35486f86becc6158cb1463040d828c85a365db46f295cb0bb620421","source_id":"us-wi","stale":false,"prev":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-445.15","next":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-446.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}