§ 2704 — Disposition of remains [For application of this section, see 84 Del. Laws, c. 261, § 16]

An approved institution that has received a dead body under this subchapter shall, on completion of the study of the body, deliver the body as then constituted to the medical examiner’s office of the county in which the approved institution is situated for “natural organic reduction,” as defined under § 3101 of this title, burial, or cremation. The approved institution shall pay the expenses of the “natural organic reduction,” as defined under § 3101 of this title, burial, or cremation, and of the preparation of the body therefor, at the rates provided by law or which are usual and customary in such cases. However, with the approval of the Inspector of Anatomy under § 2706 of this title, the approved institution may retain certain portions of said body for special research or teaching purposes.

Legislative History

24 Del. C. 1953, § 1774; 54 Del. Laws, c. 281 ; 65 Del. Laws, c. 487, § 2 ; 84 Del. Laws, c. 117, § 14 ; 84 Del. Laws, c. 261, § 1 ; 85 Del. Laws, c. 68, § 29