32.1-298 - Notification of Commissioner and delivery of bodies. - Virginia Statutes

§ 32.1-298. Notification of Commissioner and delivery of bodies.

Any person having charge or control of any dead human body which is unclaimedfor disposition, which is required to be buried at the public expense, orwhich has been lawfully donated for scientific study shall notify theCommissioner whenever and as soon as any such body comes to his possession,charge or control and shall, without fee or reward, permit the Commissioneror his agents to remove such body, to be used for the advancement of healthscience.

(Code 1950, § 32-356; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1979, c. 711.)