194.160. Distribution of bodies. - Missouri Statutes

Distribution of bodies.

194.160. 1. The secretary of the board shall cause to bedistributed the bodies aforesaid, to any of the educationalinstitutions mentioned in section 194.120, upon the acceptanceand compliance by said educational institution with theprovisions of sections 194.120 to 194.180, in proportion to thenumber of students in attendance at said educational institutionswhere the subject of human anatomy is studied or investigated.

2. The board may employ a carrier or carriers for theconveyance of such bodies, which bodies shall be well enclosedwithin a suitable encasement, and carefully deposited free frompublic observation. Said carrier shall obtain a receipt from theofficer or other person having custody of any dead body subjectto the provisions of sections 194.120 to 194.180 for each bodyreceived by said carrier, and said receipt shall set forth thename of the deceased, if known, and all other data that will aidin identifying such body, and shall deposit this receipt with thesecretary of the board.

(RSMo 1939 § 10001)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 9130; 1919 § 7345; 1909 § 8326