142.8 - PURPOSE FOR WHICH BODY USED. - Iowa Statutes

142.8 PURPOSE FOR WHICH BODY USED. The dead bodies delivered under this chapter shall be used only within the limits of this state for the purpose of scientific, medical, and surgical study, and no person shall remove the same beyond the limits of this state or in any manner traffic therein. Any person who shall violate this section shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor. This section shall not apply to bodies given under authority of the revised uniform anatomical gift Act as provided in chapter 142C.          Section History: Early Form [C73, § 4020; C97, § 4950; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2358; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 142.8]          Section History: Recent Form 2003 Acts, ch 108, §37; 2007 Acts, ch 44, §27