§ 15-19-301 — Board for distribution of unclaimed human bodies - rules

Colorado § 15-19-301

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 15: Probate,
• Art.: Treatment of Human Bodies After Death

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(1) The
deans and the heads of the departments of anatomy and surgery of the accredited
medical and dental schools of this state are constituted a board for the distribution
and delivery of unclaimed dead human bodies, described in this part 3, to and
among such institutions that, under the provisions of this part 3, are entitled to
distribution. The board has full power to establish rules for its government, and to
appoint and remove officers, and shall keep full and complete minutes of its
transactions. Records shall also be kept, under its direction, of all bodies received
and distributed by the board, and of the institutions to which the same may be
distributed. The minutes and records shall be open at all times to the inspection of
each member of the board and of any district attorney of any county within this
state. The name of the board of distribution shall be the anatomical board of the
state of Colorado, called, in this part 3, the anatomical board. The anatomical
board, in its discretion, may exempt any counties or other districts from the
provisions of this part 3 for any calendar year by the rules of the board issued for
that year.

(2) Repealed.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2017: Entire part added with relocations, (SB 17-223), ch. 158, p. 554, � 1, effective August 9.