10A N.C. Admin. Code 39B.0101

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 9, November 1, 2024

Section 39B .0101 - BODIES TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE COMMISSION

(a) All interests in and rights to dead bodies not claimed for burial within 10 days of death and received by the Commission shall vest in the Commission. A medical school may receive and store an unclaimed body at the direction of the Commission. The medical school has no right to the body until allocated to the medical school by the Commission.

(b) All interests in and rights to dead bodies donated to the Commission and accepted by the Commission of Anatomy shall vest in the Commission. A medical school may receive and store a donated body at the direction of the Commission. The medical school has no right to the body until allocated to the medical school by the Commission.

(c) The Commission has no right to bodies donated to specified donee institutions or persons other than those bodies specifically donated to the Commission.

(d) The attending physician, acting as donee of the gift of an entire body according to the provisions of G.S. 130A-406(c), may at his discretion transfer the gift to the Commission in the absence of expressed indication that the donor desired otherwise.

10A N.C. Admin. Code 39B .0101

Authority G.S. 130A-416;
Eff. November 1, 1977;
Amended Eff. July 1, 1985;
Transferred and Recodified from 10 NCAC 08I .0004 Eff. April 4, 1990;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. December 6, 2016.

Authority G.S. 130A-416;
Eff. November 1, 1977;
Amended Eff. July 1, 1985;
Transferred and Recodified from 10 NCAC 08I .0004 Eff. April 4, 1990.