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
§ 20-17-708 - Disposition after use.
(a) At any time when a body as described in this subchapter shall have been used and deemed of no further value to medical science or study, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall cause the body to be buried or otherwise disposed of according to law, or the remains may be claimed by a member of the family of the deceased for burial at his ot her expense if the body had been willed to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences under provisions of Acts 1949, No. 283 [repealed].
(b) If the body as described in ยง 20-17-703 is deemed unsuitable for anatomical study or research, the person having possession, charge, or control of the body shall be notified, and the body shall then be disposed of in accordance with existing laws, rules, and practices for disposing of unclaimed bodies.
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