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2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 711: MEDICAL EXAMINER ACT
22 §3028-A. Disposal of unidentified remains


22 ME Rev Stat § 3028-A (2012 through 125th Legis) What's This?

Subtitle 2: HEALTH

Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS

§3028-A. Disposal of unidentified remains

Whenever unidentified human skeletal remains are recovered, the Chief Medical Examiner may store the remains, release them to an educational institution, inter them in an appropriate resting place or have them cremated. Ashes of remains cremated may be disposed of in any appropriate manner. Human skeletal remains uncovered in a cared-for cemetery or known to be Indian remains are excluded from the operation of this section. [1985, c. 611, §8 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

1985, c. 611, §8 (NEW).

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