- In respect to a gift of an eye as provided for in this chapter, a person licensed for the practice of funeral service under the provisions of Sections 73-11-41 et seq., who has successfully completed a course in eye enucleation and has received a certificate of competence from the state board of health, may enucleate eyes for such gift after the proper certification of death by a physician and compliance with the extent of such gift as defined within Sections 41-39-31 through 41-39-53. No such properly certified funeral service licensee acting in accordance with the terms of this chapter shall have any liability, civil or criminal, for such eye enucleation.
- The state board of health shall promulgate such rules as are necessary to provide for the proper certification of such funeral service licensees and for the implementation of this section.
