§ 4209. Autopsies; right to perform. No person shall make any incision preparatory to or during an autopsy except (a) a duly licensed medical physician or osteopathic physician, (b) a resident physician, (c) a medical intern, (d) a student in a registered medical school, dental school or chiropractic college while under the supervision of the […]
§ 4214. Cadavers; autopsy by order of hospital authorities. 1. The director or person having lawful control and management of any hospital in which a patient has died may order the performance of an autopsy upon the body of such deceased person, after first giving notice of the death to the next of kin of […]
§ 4215. Cadavers; burial after autopsy and dissection. 1. In all cases in which a dissection has been made, the provisions of this article, requiring the burial or other lawful disposition of a body of a deceased person, and the provisions of law providing for the punishment of interference with or injuries to it, apply […]
§ 4216. Body stealing. A person who removes the dead body of a human being, or any tissue, organ or part thereof from a grave, vault, or other place, where the same has been buried, or from a place where the same has been deposited while awaiting burial, without authority of law, with intent to […]
§ 4217. Receiving stolen body of a human being. A person who purchases, or receives except for the purpose of burial, the dead body of a human being, or any tissue, organ, or part thereof, knowing that the same has been removed contrary to section forty-two hundred sixteen of this title, is guilty of a […]
§ 4218. Opening graves. A person who opens a grave or other place of interment, temporary or otherwise, or a building wherein the dead body of a human being is deposited while awaiting burial, without authority of law, with intent to remove the body, or any tissue, organ or part thereof, for the purpose of […]
§ 4219. Arresting or attaching a dead body of a human being. A person who arrests or attaches the dead body of a human being upon any debt or demand whatever, or detains or claims to detain it for any debt or demand, or upon any pretended lien or charge, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
§ 4220. Disturbing funerals. A person who, without authority of law, obstructs or detains any persons engaged in carrying or accompanying the dead body of a human being to a place of burial, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
§ 4221. Removal of eyes and/or parts thereof after death. If any donation, authorization or consent made pursuant to section forty-three hundred three of this article or dissection made pursuant to subdivision three of section forty-two hundred ten of this article relates to the removal of a deceased person’s eyes and/or parts thereof, the individual […]
§ 4222. Removal of corneal tissue for transplant and pituitary gland tissue for the extraction of growth hormone. 1. Upon request from a general hospital or medical center for corneal tissue for transplant or pituitary gland tissue for extraction of growth hormone, the coroner or medical examiner may then request or authorize an agent to […]
