Section 720 ILCS 5/12-20.5 - Dismembering a human body(a) A person commits dismembering a human body when he or she knowingly dismembers, severs, separates, dissects, or mutilates any body part of a deceased's body.(b) This Section does not apply to: (1) an anatomical gift made in accordance with the Illinois Anatomical Gift Act; (3) the purchase or sale of drugs, reagents, or other substances made from human body parts, for the use in medical or scientific research, treatment, or diagnosis;(4) persons employed by a county medical examiner's office or coroner's office acting within the scope of their employment while performing an autopsy; (5) the acts of a licensed funeral director or embalmer while performing acts authorized by the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code; (6) the acts of emergency medical personnel or physicians performed in good faith and according to the usual and customary standards of medical practice in an attempt to resuscitate a life; or(7) physicians licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches or holding a visiting professor, physician, or resident permit under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, performing acts in accordance with usual and customary standards of medical practice, or a currently enrolled student in an accredited medical school in furtherance of his or her education at the accredited medical school.(c) It is not a defense to a violation of this Section that the decedent died due to natural, accidental, or suicidal causes.(d) Sentence. Dismembering a human body is a Class X felony.Amended by P.A. 096-1551,§ 1-5, eff. 7/1/2011.Amended by P.A. 095-0331,§ 1030, eff. 8/21/2007.Added by P.A. 093-0339, § 5, eff. 7/24/2003.