Illinois Code § 225 ILCS 41/15-60

Determination of life.
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
 
Sec. 15-60. 
Determination of life. 
Every funeral director licensee or funeral director and embalmer licensee under this Code before
proceeding to prepare or embalm a human body to cremate or bury shall determine
that life is extinct by ascertaining that:
 
(a) pulsation has entirely ceased in the radial or other arteries; and
 
(b) heart or respiratory sounds are not audible with the use of a
stethoscope or with the ear applied directly over the heart.

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