Opinion No. Oag 47-88, (1988)

FRED A. RISSER, Chairperson Senate Organization Committee

The Committee on Senate Organization has asked for an interpretation of section 157.06(7m), Stats., regarding persons authorized to perform eye enucleation. The statute reads:

REMOVAL OF EYES BY FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND PERSONS ACTING UNDER DIRECTION OF PHYSICIAN. In addition to any physician licensed to practice medicine and surgery under ch. 448, any person acting under the direction of a physician or any funeral director licensed under ch. 445, who has completed a course in eye enucleation and holds a valid certificate of competence from…