SB2643 Summary: Integrity in Death Care Act

• Adds new definitions including "chain of custody record" (establishing continuous control of human remains) and "uniquely identified" (providing individualized identification to deceased) to the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code and Crematory Regulation Act.

• Requires funeral establishments to maintain identification systems ensuring they can identify human remains in their possession through final disposition.

• Mandates the Department inspect funeral establishment premises within 10 business days upon receiving complaints regarding mishandling or misidentification of human remains.

• Establishes chain of custody record violations, false statements on Certificates of Death, false record-making in funeral directing/embalming, and unlicensed funeral practice as Class 4 felonies.

• Adds "identification rules and regulations" to funeral director and embalmer examination requirements covering proper handling and storage of human bodies.