2016 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 34 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts
§ 34-26-8 Notice to medical school of unclaimed body--Requisition by and forwarding to medical school.
34-26-8. Notice to medical school of unclaimed body--Requisition by and forwarding to medical school. It shall be the duty of any person into whose charge may come the unclaimed dead body of a convict or other person to be buried at public expense, to give notice to the dean of the School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota within twenty-four hours after the receipt of any such body, specifying in such notice the probable cause of death; and upon the requisition of such dean he shall forward such body to the university, at its expense, within twenty-four hours of the receipt of such requisition.
Source: SL 1909, ch 278, § 1; RC 1919, § 5595; SDC 1939, § 15.1104.
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