§ 20-17-706. Cost of embalming and transportation
(a) If a medical school is offered an unclaimed body and determines that there is a need for the unclaimed body, that the unclaimed body is suitable for anatomical science or study, and that the unclaimed body has not been embalmed, then the medical school, at its expense, shall immediately arrange for proper embalmment of […]
§ 20-17-707. Holding period for medical school
(a) A medical school shall cause any unclaimed body offered and accepted under this subchapter to be retained in a proper state of preservation for fifteen (15) days after the date the unclaimed body is received by the medical school. (b) During the time period under subsection (a) of this section a relative, a next […]
§ 20-17-708. Disposition after use
(a) At any time when a body as described in this subchapter has been used and deemed of no further value to medical science or study, the medical school shall cause the body to be buried or otherwise disposed of according to law, or the remains may be claimed by a member of the family […]
§ 20-17-709. Records
The medical school shall cause a complete record to be kept of all bodies received under this subchapter, and the record shall be open to inspection by any municipal, county, or state officer.
§ 20-17-710. Nonliability
No person shall be civilly liable for possessing, examining, dissecting, or handling in any lawful manner any cadaver under this subchapter.
§ 20-17-704. Delivery to medical school
Upon expiration of the forty-eight (48) hours as provided in § 20-17-703, if the body of a deceased person has not been claimed for burial, the person then having possession, charge, or control of the unclaimed body shall surrender or deliver the unclaimed body to a medical school if the unclaimed body has been offered […]
§ 20-17-705. Wishes of deceased for disposition honored
(a) An unclaimed dead human body shall not be surrendered under this subchapter to a medical school if there is proof that the deceased has during his or her last illness expressed his or her desire to be buried or otherwise interred. (b) Any adult may by will or otherwise donate his or her body […]
§ 20-17-701. Definitions — Rights of coroner or courts unaffected
(a) As used in this subchapter: (1) “Medical school” means a medical school or school of osteopathic medicine in this state that is: (A) Accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education; or (B) Approved by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board to seek accreditation by an accrediting agency recognized […]
§ 20-17-702. Search for next of kin
(a) (1) (A) The person who assumes original and lawful possession, charge, or control of any body as described in this subchapter shall conduct a diligent search for relatives or next of kin of the deceased, or that person shall request the county sheriff or such other person as may be required by law to […]
§ 20-17-703. Notice to medical schools — Definition
(a) Any person in charge of a prison, morgue, hospital, funeral parlor, or mortuary, any person who is a public officer, agent, or employee of the state, any county or municipality, and all persons coming into possession, charge, or control of any human body that is unclaimed for burial may notify a medical school that […]