S.D. Codified Laws § 34-26-8

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 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.

SDCL 34-26-8

SL 1909, ch 278, § 1; RC 1919, § 5595; SDC 1939, § 15.1104.