1997 Minnesota Code
Chapters 370 - 403 Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities
Chapter 390 Coroner; Morgue; Investigation of Death
Section 390.36 Coroner removal of pituitary gland during autopsy.
390.36 Coroner removal of pituitary gland during autopsy.
A county coroner who performs an autopsy under section 390.11, 390.32, or any other general or local law relating to county coroners or medical examiners, may remove the pituitary gland from the body and give it to the national pituitary agency, or any other agency or organization, for research if the following conditions have been met:
(a) the removal would not alter a gift made under sections 525.921 to 525.9224;
(b) the coroner or medical examiner has no knowledge of any objection to the removal by the decedent or other person having the right to control the disposition of the body; and
(c) the coroner or medical examiner has followed generally accepted ethical guidelines and the removal would not violate the tenets of the deceased's religion.
HIST: 1985 c 183 s 1; 1991 c 202 s 17
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