Wisconsin Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
Agency DHS. Department of Health Services |
Chapters 110-199. Health |
Chapter 136. Embalming Standards |
Section 136.02. Definitions.
Latest version.
- (1) "Embalming" means the use of procedures specified in this chapter for the preservation and disinfection of dead human bodies.(2) "Embalming fluid" means a chemical solution injected in arteries, and placed in body cavities, to preserve and disinfect a dead human body.(3) "Autopsy compound" means an absorbent powder or gel desiccant used to preserve, disinfect and harden body organs after autopsy or the remains of a dead human body in the state of advanced decomposition.
History:
Cr.
Register, November, 1980, No. 299
, eff. 12-1-80.