Illinois Compiled Statutes 720 ILCS 5 Criminal Code of 2012. Section 12-20.6

    (720 ILCS 5/12-20.6)

    Sec. 12-20.6. Abuse of a corpse.

    (a) In this Section:

        "Corpse" means the dead body of a human being.

        "Sexual conduct" has the meaning ascribed to the term

    in Section 11-0.1 of this Code.

    (b) A person commits abuse of a corpse if he or she intentionally:

        (1) engages in sexual conduct with a corpse or

    involving a corpse; or

        (2) removes or carries away a corpse and is not

    authorized by law to do so.

    (c) Sentence.

        (1) A person convicted of violating paragraph (1) of

    subsection (b) of this Section is guilty of a Class 2 felony.

        (2) A person convicted of violating paragraph (2) of

    subsection (b) of this Section is guilty of a Class 4 felony.

    (d) Paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Section does not apply to:

        (1) persons employed by a county medical examiner's

    office or coroner's office acting within the scope of their employment;

        (2) the acts of a licensed funeral director or

    embalmer while performing acts authorized by the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code;

        (3) cemeteries and cemetery personnel while

    performing acts pursuant to a bona fide request from the involved cemetery consumer or his or her heirs, or pursuant to an interment or disinterment permit or a court order, or as authorized under Section 14.5 of the Cemetery Protection Act, or any other actions legally authorized for cemetery employees;

        (4) the acts of emergency medical personnel or

    physicians performed in good faith and according to the usual and customary standards of medical practice in an attempt to resuscitate a life;

        (5) physicians licensed to practice medicine in a11

    of its branches or holding a visiting professor, physician, or resident permit under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, performing acts in accordance with usual and customary standards of medical practice, or a currently enrolled student in an accredited medical school in furtherance of his or her education at the accredited medical school; or

        (6) removing or carrying away a corpse by the

    employees, independent contractors, or other persons designated by the federally designated organ procurement agency engaged in the organ and tissue procurement process.

(Source: P.A. 97-1072, eff. 8-24-12.)

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