142.1 Delivery of bodies. The body of every person dying in a public asylum, hospital, county care facility, penitentiary, or reformatory in this state, or found dead within the state, or which is to be buried at public expense in this state, except those buried under the provisions of chapter 144C or 249, and which […]
142.10 Use without proper record. Any physician or member of the instructional staff of any college or school who uses, or permits others under the physician’s or member’s charge to use the dead body of a human being for the purpose of medical or surgical study without the record required in section 142.6 having been […]
142.11 Penalties. Any person who shall receive or deliver any dead body of a human being knowing that any of the provisions of this chapter have been violated, shall be guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor. [S13, §4946-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2361; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, […]
142.13 Burial in private cemetery lot. In the event that a deceased person, whose body has been used for scientific purposes as provided in this chapter, owns or has the right of burial in a private or family cemetery lot in the state of Iowa, that deceased person’s body shall be buried in that lot. […]
142.2 Furnished to physicians. When there are more dead bodies available for use under section 142.1 than are desired by said colleges or schools, the same may be delivered to physicians in the state for scientific study under such rules as may be adopted by the Iowa department of public health. [S13, §4946-b; C24, 27, […]
142.3 Notification of department. Every county medical examiner, funeral director or embalmer, and the managing officer of every public asylum, hospital, county care facility, penitentiary, or reformatory, as soon as any dead body shall come into the person’s custody which may be used for scientific purposes as provided in sections 142.1 and 142.2, shall at […]
142.4 Surrender to relatives. 1. When any dead body which has been delivered under this chapter for scientific purposes is subsequently claimed by any relative, it shall be at once surrendered to such relative for burial without public expense; and all bodies received under this chapter shall be held for a period of thirty days […]
142.5 Disposition after dissection. The remains of every body received for scientific purposes under this chapter shall be decently buried or cremated after it has been used for said purposes, and a failure to do so shall be a simple misdemeanor. [C73, §4019; C97, §4947; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2355; C46, 50, 54, 58, […]
142.6 Record of receipt. Any college, school, or physician receiving the dead body of any human being for scientific purposes shall keep a record showing: 1. The name of the person from whom, and the time and place, such body was received. 2. The description of the receptacle in which the body was received, including […]
142.7 Record and bodies. The record required by section 142.6 and the dead body of every human being received under this chapter shall be subject to inspection by any peace officer, or relative of the deceased. [C97, §4948, 4949; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2357; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, […]
142.8 Purpose for which body used. 1. The dead bodies delivered under this chapter shall be used only within the limits of this state for the purpose of scientific, medical, and surgical study, and no person shall remove the same beyond the limits of this state or in any manner traffic therein. Any person who […]
142.9 Failure to deliver dead body. Any person having the custody of the dead body of any human being which is required to be delivered for scientific purposes by this chapter, who shall fail to notify the Iowa department of public health of the existence of such body, or fail to deliver the same in […]
