35 Pa. Stat. § 1091

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-111
Section 1091 - Humanity gifts registry for distribution of dead bodies

The professors, associate professors, and assistant professors in the department of anatomy, the head of the department of surgery, and the head of the department of pathology of each medical and dental school and each medical and dental college of this Commonwealth, which is now or may hereafter become incorporated, and the Secretary of Health of this Commonwealth shall be and hereby are constituted a board for the distribution and delivery of dead human bodies, hereinafter described, to and among such institutions and persons as, under the provisions of this act, are entitled thereto.

The said board shall have full power to establish rules and regulations for its government, and to appoint and remove proper officers, except that the Secretary of Health shall always be a member of the executive committee of said board, and shall keep full and complete minutes of its transactions; and records shall also be kept under its direction of all bodies received and distributed by said board, and of the persons to whom the same may be distributed, which minutes and records shall be open at all times to the inspection of each member of said board and of any district attorney of any county within this Commonwealth. The said board shall have full power to enter into contracts, make purchases, and perform such other acts as are necessary for the proper performance of its duties. All financial transactions of said board shall be audited annually by authority of, and by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth. A report of the activities of said board shall be made annually to the Secretary of Health of the Commonwealth, and to the deans of the medical and dental colleges represented in said board.

The name of said board of distribution shall be--Humanity Gifts Registry.

35 P.S. § 1091

1883, June 13, P.L. 119, § 1. Amended 1915, May 14, P.L. 506, §1; 1933, May 22 P.L. 849, § 1; 1937, April 22, P.L. 411, § 1; 1939, June 15, P.L. 369, § 1; 1971, Nov. 5, P.L. 520, No. 127, § 1.