2015 Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health And Welfare
Subtitle 2 - Health And Safety
Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead
Subchapter 7 - Unclaimed Bodies
§ 20-17-703 - Notice to Department of Anatomy of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

(a) Any person in charge of a prison, morgue, hospital, funeral parlor, or mortuary, any person who is a public officer, agent, or employee of the state, any county, or municipality, and all persons coming into possession, charge, or control of any human body which is unclaimed for burial shall notify the head of the Division of Anatomical Education of the Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, or his or her designate, as agent for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, that the body, if unclaimed, is available for use in the advancement or study of medical science.

(b) For the purpose of notifying the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences of its availability, "unclaimed body" means a human body in the possession, charge, or control of the persons named in subsection (a) of this section for a period not to exceed forty-eight (48) hours, during which time a relative, next of kin, friend, representative of a fraternal society of which the deceased was a member, veterans service organization as defined in the Missing in America Project Act, § 20-17-1401 et seq., the Department of Veterans' Affairs, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, or a representative of a charitable or religious group may claim the body for burial purposes.