Breathing new life into dead bodies
by Dara Kam | March 12th, 2009
Lawmakers have only to walk across the street to learn more about a revived a bill that would make it easier for dead bodies to move around the state.
They’re trying to breathe new life into a bill that’s died for the past two years dealing with museum exhibits of “plastinated” bodies, cadavers preserved by polymers that prevent decay.
Currently, Florida law restricts who can bring dead bodies into or out of the state and requires that state anatomical board sign off on the exhibits.
The proposed bills (SB 414, HB 125) would do away with board’s approval if the exhibition is at an accredited art or science museum. The museum would also be required to give the board notice of the exhibit.
Coincidentally, lawmakers are taking up the measure they failed to approve last year as the “Our Body: The Universe Within” is currently on exhibit at the Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science across the street from the Capitol. The museum, however, is in the process of accreditation and would not benefit from the legislation.
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March 12th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
For once the State of Florida is spending time on priority issues such as this. Right. Those knuckelheads need to get their priorities figured out and work on something is going to fix our problems and quit worrying about stupid crap!