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2017 Massachusetts General Laws
PART I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
TITLE XVI PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 113 PROMOTION OF ANATOMICAL SCIENCE
Section 5 Autopsies
Universal Citation: MA Gen L ch 113 § 5 (2017)
Section 5. Before surrendering the body of any such person as provided in the four preceding sections, the chief medical officer of any institution named in section one may, if the cause of the death cannot otherwise be determined and if such body is unclaimed by relatives or friends, cause an autopsy to be made upon it.
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