2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 42 - CADAVERS
Title 2 - (4209 - 4222) AUTOPSY AND DISSECTION
4222 - Removal of corneal tissue for transplant and pituitary gland tissue for the extraction of growth hormone.

 
    §  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 request from
  the authorized person under the conditions  established  in  subdivision
  two   of   section   forty-three   hundred  one  of  this  chapter,  the
  authorization, which may be oral or written according to law, to perform
  the removal.  Upon receiving such authorization, the coroner or  medical
  examiner  shall authorize the supply of such corneal tissue or pituitary
  gland tissue upon the following conditions:
    a. The body of the decedent is under the jurisdiction of  the  coroner
  or  medical  examiner  authorizing  the removal of the corneal tissue or
  pituitary gland tissue.
    b. Such removal does not conflict with decedent's religious  or  other
  views.
    c. The removal of the cornea for transplant or the pituitary gland for
  extraction  of  growth  hormone  will  not interfere with the subsequent
  course of an investigation or autopsy.
    d. The removal of the corneal tissue or  the  pituitary  gland  tissue
  will not alter the post mortem facial appearance of the decedent.
    2.  The coroner or medical examiner authorizing the removal of corneal
  tissue or the pituitary gland tissue pursuant to the provisions of  this
  section  shall  not  be held liable in a civil action for damages by any
  person specified by subdivision two of section forty-three  hundred  one
  of  this  chapter,  for  such  removal  where  after the exercise of due
  diligence such coroner or medical examiner obtained  authorization  from
  any  person  specified by subdivision two of section forty-three hundred
  one of this chapter.
    3. Except where an anatomical gift has previously  been  requested  or
  authorized,  upon  the  request  of a tissue bank or storage facility as
  defined in section forty-three hundred of this chapter, the  coroner  or
  medical  examiner  may  then  provide the name of the decedent under his
  jurisdiction and the name of the  decedent's  spouse  or  other  persons
  authorized  to  execute  an  anatomical  gift  in  accordance  with  the
  provisions of section forty-three hundred one of this chapter.