Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 339. Occupational Code § 339.1807

Sec. 1807.  (1) The holder of a license for the practice of mortuary science shall supervise and be responsible for the transportation and storage of a dead human body.  The holder of a license for the practice of mortuary science may designate an employee or other person to transport or store a dead human body.

(2) The holder of a license for the practice of mortuary science shall register with the office of the registrar of each city or village in which the holder intends to practice.  A transportation permit shall not be issued by the local registrar to a person who has not filed a registration card.  A local registrar may grant a transportation permit to the holder of a license for the practice of mortuary science coming from beyond the jurisdiction of the registrar, upon the exhibition of a copy of the holder's license to the registrar.

(3) A railway agent, express agent, baggage master, or conductor shall not receive a dead human body for shipment or transportation by railway or other public conveyance, to or from a point in this state or to a point outside of this state, unless the body is accompanied by a removal or shipping permit.

(4) This section does not apply to any of the following: