2011 Code of Virginia
Title 32.1 HEALTH.
Chapter 8 Postmortem Examinations and Services (32.1-277 thru 32.1-305)
32.1-298 Notification of Commissioner and delivery of bodies
32.1-298. Notification of Commissioner and delivery of bodies.
Any person having charge or control of any dead human body which is unclaimed for disposition, which is required to be buried at the public expense, or which has been lawfully donated for scientific study shall notify the Commissioner whenever and as soon as any such body comes to his possession, charge or control and shall, without fee or reward, permit the Commissioner or his agents to remove such body, to be used for the advancement of health science.
(Code 1950, 32-356; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1979, c. 711.)
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