2010 Hawaii Code
DIVISION 1. GOVERNMENT
TITLE 19. HEALTH
327. Medical and Research Use of Bodies
§327-33 Duties of university, etc., receiving bodies.

§327-33 Duties of university, etc., receiving bodies. Every university, hospital, or institution which receives an unclaimed body as provided in this part shall:

(1) Bear all reasonable expenses incurred in the transportation and preservation of the body.

(2) Keep a permanent record of every body received, giving an identification number, source, and disposition of the body and, if possible, the name, age, sex, nationality, race, and place of last residence of the decedent, which records shall be open to inspection by the department of health.

(3) Report annually, and at such other times as the department may specify, to the department concerning the receipt, preservation, retention, use, surrender, refusal, and disposition of dead bodies as provided in this part.

(4) Retain every body received in a receiving vault for a period of not less than thirty days before allowing its use for medical education and research purposes.

(5) Be deemed the "person in charge of the disposition of the body" as to each body received for the purposes of chapter 338, part I, and comply with the requirements pertaining to the filing of death certificates. [L 1967, c 240, pt of §1; HRS §327-33; am imp L 1973, c 17]

Revision Note

"Person in charge of the disposition of the body" substituted for "person in charge of interment".