68.50.108 - Autopsies, post mortems -- Consent to embalm or cremate body -- Time limitation. - Washington Statutes

Autopsies, post mortems — Consent to embalm or cremate body — Time limitation.

No dead body upon which the coroner, or prosecuting attorney, if there be no coroner in the county, may perform an autopsy or post mortem, shall be embalmed or cremated without the consent of the coroner having jurisdiction, and failure to obtain such consent shall be a misdemeanor: PROVIDED, That such autopsy or post mortem must be performed within five days, unless the coroner shall obtain an order from the superior court extending such time.

[1953 c 188 § 8. Formerly RCW 68.08.108.]