STATE STATUTES & CODES

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

Chapter 194 Death--Disposition of Dead Bodies

• 194.005. Death, legal definition.
• 194.010. Encasement of bodies to be shipped.
• 194.020. Hermetically sealed coffin, specifications.
• 194.060. Transportation of dead body by common carrier, requirements.
• 194.070. Preparation of certain bodies for shipment supervised by health officer.
• 194.080. Preparation of certain dead bodies for shipment.
• 194.090. Preparation necessary for bodies of persons who died of certain communicable diseases.
• 194.100. Transportation of bodies where cause of death is noncontagious.
• 194.105. Disinterment for transport to location outside original cemetery--notice, to whom, contents.
• 194.110. Penalty for violation.
• 194.115. Autopsy--consent required--penalty for violation--availability of report, to whom.
• 194.117. Sudden infant death--notification--autopsy by certified child death pathologist required, procedure, release to parents or guardian--cost, how paid--department of health and senior services d
• 194.119. Right of sepulcher, the right to choose and control final disposition of a dead human body.
• 194.120. Missouri state anatomical board--members--responsibilities.
• 194.130. Meetings of board--organization--funds.
• 194.140. Acceptance of provisions of this law--bond--prohibited actions and penalties.
• 194.150. Disposal of paupers' bodies.
• 194.160. Distribution of bodies.
• 194.170. Autopsy not to be held, when.
• 194.180. Penalty for violation.
• 194.197. Depth at which body is buried may be regulated.
• 194.200. Disposition of a stillborn child, definitions, duties of hospital, duties of parents, collection of costs, penalties.
• 194.210. Definitions.
• 194.215. Applicability of law.
• 194.220. Registry to be established--gift may be made by whom.
• 194.225. Procedure for making a gift--donor cards, requirements--gift made by will, effect of.
• 194.230. Amendment or revocation, procedure.
• 194.233. (Repealed L. 2008 S.B. 1139 § A)
• 194.235. Refusal to make a gift, evidenced how, requirements.
• 194.240. Person other than donor barred from making, amending, or revoking donor's gift--revocation not a bar to making a gift--parent may revoke or amend a gift of a child.
• 194.245. Gift for transplantation, therapy, research, or education, priority list for persons making.
• 194.250. Document of gift, procedure.
• 194.255. Persons eligible to receive gift in the document of gift--gifts not naming persons, effect of--refusal of gift required when.
• 194.260. Reasonable search to identify donors--immunity from liability, when.
• 194.263. Delivery of document of gift not required--examination and copying of document permitted, when.
• 194.265. Referral to procurement organization, diligent search of donor registry required--reasonable examination of body parts permitted, when--search for minor's parents required, when--attendin
• 194.270. Hospitals to enter into agreements with procurement organizations.
• 194.275. Purchase or sale of body parts for valuable consideration prohibited--penalty--definition.
• 194.280. Falsification of documents, penalty.
• 194.285. Immunity from liability, when.
• 194.290. Declarations and advance health care directives--definitions--gift in conflict with, donor or physician to resolve.
• 194.292. Requirements for valid execution of a document of gift--presumption of validity, when--requirements for out-of-state execution of documents.
• 194.293. Uniformity of law a consideration in construing statutory provisions.
• 194.294. Effect of law on certain federal acts.
• 194.295. Embalmers authorized to enucleate eyes, when.
• 194.297. Organ donor program fund established--funding, administration, purpose--transfer to general revenue prohibited.
• 194.299. Money in organ donor program fund, how expended.
• 194.300. Organ donation advisory committee established in department of health and senior services, appointment, qualifications, expenses, terms.
• 194.302. Advisory committee's powers and duties--annual report, due when.
• 194.304. Transfer of donor registry information, department of revenue to cooperate--registry requirements.
• 194.307. Effective date for sections 194.240, 194.297 through 194.304 and section 302.171.
• 194.350. Disposition of cremated remains--if no directions are given, procedure, notice.
• 194.360. Veterans, cremated remains--definitions--funeral establishment not liable for negligence, when, notice required.
• 194.375. Citation of law--definitions.
• 194.378. Final disposition of fetal remains, mother has right to determine.
• 194.381. Means of disposition.
• 194.384. Written standards required for protection of mother's right to determine final disposition.
• 194.387. Miscarriage--mother's right to determine final disposition of remains--counseling made available, when.
• 194.390. Right to legal abortion not affected.
• 194.400. Definitions.
• 194.405. Scope of law.
• 194.406. Unmarked human burials, knowledge or discovery--notice to local law enforcement officer or state historic preservation officer--jurisdiction, how determined.
• 194.407. State historic preservation officer, jurisdiction of unmarked human burials, duties--general archaeological investigation, when--professional archaeologist, advise state historic preservation
• 194.408. State historic preservation officer, reinterment, duties--consultation with unmarked human burial consultation committee, when.
• 194.409. Unmarked human burial consultation committee, established--seven members, qualifications--state historic preservation officer, chairman--meetings, when--members serve without remuneration--ex
• 194.410. Human burial sites--knowingly disturb, penalty--appropriation for sale, penalty.
• 194.425. Abandonment of a corpse without notifying authorities, penalty.
• 194.500. Definitions.
• 194.503. Right-of-way--use of lead vehicles--emergency vehicles with right-of-way, when.
• 194.506. Following distance--flashing emergency lights used, when--toll-free passage, when.
• 194.509. Regulations for nonparticipating vehicle operators--violations, penalty.
• 194.512. Use of amber lights for motorcycles--ordinances permitted.

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