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2019 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XII - Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies
DEFINITION OF DEATH
- Section 194.005 Death, legal definition. (8/28/1982)
- Section 194.010 Encasement of bodies to be shipped. (8/28/1939)
- Section 194.020 Hermetically sealed coffin, specifications. (8/28/1939)
- Section 194.060 Transportation of dead body by common carrier, requirements. (8/28/1984)
- Section 194.070 Preparation of certain bodies for shipment supervised by health officer. (8/28/1939)
- Section 194.080 Preparation of certain dead bodies for shipment. (8/28/1939)
- Section 194.090 Preparation necessary for bodies of persons who died of certain communicable diseases. (8/28/1939)
- Section 194.100 Transportation of bodies where cause of death is noncontagious. (8/28/1939)
- Section 194.105 Disinterment for transport to location outside original cemetery — notice, to whom, contents. (8/28/1990)
- Section 194.110 Penalty for violation. (8/28/1939)
- Section 194.115 Autopsy — consent required — penalty for violation — availability of report, to whom. (8/28/2011)
- Section 194.119 Right of sepulcher, the right to choose and control final disposition of a dead human body. (10/16/2015)
- Section 194.120 Missouri state anatomical board — members — responsibilities. (8/28/1939)
- Section 194.130 Meetings of board — organization — funds. (8/28/1939)
- Section 194.140 Acceptance of provisions of this law — bond — prohibited actions and penalties. (8/28/1939)
- Section 194.150 Disposal of paupers' bodies. (8/28/1939)
- Section 194.160 Distribution of bodies. (8/28/1939)
- Section 194.170 Autopsy not to be held, when. (8/28/1939)
- Section 194.180 Penalty for violation. (8/28/1939)
- Section 194.197 Depth at which body is buried may be regulated. (8/28/1985)
- Section 194.200 Disposition of a stillborn child, definitions, duties of hospital, duties of parents, collection of costs, penalties. (8/28/1997)
- Section 194.210 Definitions. (8/28/2008)
- Section 194.215 Applicability of law. (8/28/2008)
- Section 194.220 Registry to be established — gift may be made by whom. (8/28/2008)
- Section 194.225 Procedure for making a gift — donor cards, requirements — gift made by will, effect of — registry authorized — website link. (8/28/2019)
- Section 194.230 Amendment or revocation, procedure. (8/28/2008)
- Section 194.235 Refusal to make a gift, evidenced how, requirements. (8/28/2008)
- Section 194.240 Person other than donor barred from making, amending, or revoking donor's gift — revocation not a bar to making a gift — parent may revoke or amend a gift of a child. (8/28/2008)
- Section 194.245 Gift for transplantation, therapy, research, or education, priority list for persons making. (8/28/2008)
- Section 194.250 Document of gift, procedure. (8/28/2008)
- Section 194.255 Persons eligible to receive gift in the document of gift — gifts not naming persons, effect of — refusal of gift required when. (8/28/2014)
- Section 194.260 Reasonable search to identify donors — immunity from liability, when. (8/28/2008)
- Section 194.263 Delivery of document of gift not required — examination and copying of document permitted, when. (8/28/2008)
- Section 194.265 Referral to procurement organization, diligent search of donor registry required — reasonable examination of body parts permitted, when — search for minor's parents required, when — attending physician shall not procure, when. (8/28/2008)
- Section 194.270 Hospitals to enter into agreements with procurement organizations. (8/28/2008)
- Section 194.275 Purchase or sale of body parts for valuable consideration prohibited — penalty — definition. (8/28/2008)
- Section 194.280 Falsification of documents, penalty. (8/28/2008)
- Section 194.285 Immunity from liability, when. (8/28/2008)
- Section 194.290 Declarations and advance health care directives — definitions — gift in conflict with, donor or physician to resolve. (8/28/2008)
- Section 194.292 Requirements for valid execution of a document of gift — presumption of validity, when — requirements for out-of-state execution of documents. (8/28/2008)
- Section 194.293 Uniformity of law a consideration in construing statutory provisions. (8/28/2008)
- Section 194.294 Effect of law on certain federal acts. (8/28/2008)
- Section 194.295 Embalmers authorized to enucleate eyes, when. (8/28/1973)
- Section 194.297 Organ donor program fund established — funding, administration, purpose — transfer to general revenue prohibited. (1/1/1996)
- Section 194.299 Money in organ donor program fund, how expended. (1/1/1996)
- Section 194.300 Organ donation advisory committee established in department of health and senior services, appointment, qualifications, expenses, terms. (1/1/1996)
- Section 194.302 Advisory committee's powers and duties — annual report, due when. (1/1/1996)
- Section 194.304 Transfer of donor registry information, department of revenue to cooperate — registry requirements. (8/28/2008)
- Section 194.307 Effective date for sections 194.240, 194.297 through 194.304 and section 302.171. (8/28/1995)
- Section 194.350 Disposition of cremated remains — if no directions are given, procedure, notice. (8/28/2013)
- Section 194.360 Veterans, cremated remains — definitions — funeral establishment or coroner, authorized release of identifying information, to whom — release of remains, when — immunity from liability. (8/28/2013)
- Section 194.375 Citation of law — definitions. (8/28/2004)
- Section 194.378 Final disposition of fetal remains, mother has right to determine. (8/28/2004)
- Section 194.381 Means of disposition. (8/28/2004)
- Section 194.384 Written standards required for protection of mother's right to determine final disposition. (8/28/2004)
- Section 194.387 Miscarriage — mother's right to determine final disposition of remains — counseling made available, when. (8/28/2004)
- Section 194.390 Right to legal abortion not affected. (8/28/2004)
- Section 194.400 Definitions. (8/28/2018)
- Section 194.405 Scope of law. (8/28/1987)
- Section 194.406 Unmarked human burials, knowledge or discovery — notice to local law enforcement officer or state historic preservation officer — jurisdiction, how determined. (8/28/1987)
- Section 194.407 State historic preservation officer, jurisdiction of unmarked human burials, duties — general archaeological investigation, when — professional archaeologist, advise state historic preservation officer, when. (8/28/1987)
- Section 194.408 State historic preservation officer, reinterment, duties — consultation with advisory council on historic preservation, when — conformity with federal law. (8/28/2018)
- Section 194.410 Human burial sites — knowingly disturb, penalty — appropriation for sale, penalty. (1/1/2017)
- Section 194.500 Definitions. (8/28/1999)
- Section 194.503 Right-of-way — use of lead vehicles — emergency vehicles with right-of-way, when. (8/28/1999)
- Section 194.506 Following distance — flashing emergency lights used, when — toll-free passage, when. (8/28/1999)
- Section 194.509 Regulations for nonparticipating vehicle operators — violations, penalty. (8/28/1999)
- Section 194.512 Use of amber lights for motorcycles — ordinances permitted. (8/28/1999)
CHAPTER CROSS REFERENCES
- Death certificate issued when, fee, 193.265
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