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22 §3028-A. Disposal of unidentified remains
Title 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE
Subtitle 2: HEALTH
Part 6: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
Chapter 711: MEDICAL EXAMINER ACT
§3028-A. Disposal of unidentified remains
Whenever unidentified human skeletal remains are recovered, the Chief Medical Examiner may store the remains, release them to an educational institution, inter them in an appropriate resting place or have them cremated. Ashes of remains cremated may be disposed of in any appropriate manner. Human skeletal remains uncovered in a cared-for cemetery or known to be Indian remains are excluded from the operation of this section. [1985, c. 611, §8 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
1985, c. 611, §8 (NEW).