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2020 Mississippi Code
Title 41 - Public Health
Chapter 37 - Autopsies
§ 41-37-1. "Autopsy" defined
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MS Code § 41-37-1 (2020)
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The term "autopsy" as used in this chapter shall be construed to mean the scientific examination of the body of a deceased person, or any portion thereof, by acceptable scientific methods and the removal and retention of parts of the body to accomplish such an examination.
The term "autopsy" as used in this chapter shall not be construed to mean the scientific dissection of the whole body as practiced in medical schools in the instruction of anatomy to medical students.
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