South Carolina § 44-43-560 Conveyance of bodies.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 44-43-560 — Conveyance of bodies.

South Carolina·Title 44 HEALTH·Ch. 43 DISPOSITIONS OF HUMAN BODIES AND PARTS; POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS

The board may employ a carrier or carriers for conveyance of bodies, which must be well enclosed in a suitable case and carefully deposited, free from public observation. Every carrier shall obtain a receipt by name or, if the person be unknown, by a description for each body delivered by the carrier and deposit the receipt with the board or its authorized agent. After the bodies have been sufficiently used for the purposes of instruction, the bodies must be decently and respectfully disposed of by the university, college, physicians, or surgeons, as the case may be, receiving them.

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The board may employ a carrier or carriers for conveyance of bodies, which must be well enclosed in a suitable case and carefully deposited, free from public observation. Every carrier shall obtain a receipt by name or, if the person be unknown, by a description for each body delivered by the carrier and deposit the receipt with the board or its authorized agent. After the bodies have been sufficiently used for the purposes of instruction, the bodies must be decently and respectfully disposed of by the university, college, physicians, or surgeons, as the case may be, receiving them.

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Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 9-506; 1952 Code SECTION 9-506; 1942 Code SECTION 3447; 1932 Code SECTION 3447; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 1056; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 933; 1909 (26) 166; 2006 Act No. 334, SECTION 1, eff June 2, 2006.