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Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies
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Section
194.005
Death, legal definition.
Section
194.010
Encasement of bodies to be shipped.
Section
194.020
Hermetically sealed coffin, specifications.
Section
194.060
Transportation of dead body by common carrier, requirements.
Section
194.070
Preparation of certain bodies for shipment supervised by health officer.
Section
194.080
Preparation of certain dead bodies for shipment.
Section
194.090
Preparation necessary for bodies of persons who died of certain communicable diseases.
Section
194.100
Transportation of bodies where cause of death is noncontagious.
Section
194.105
Disinterment for transport to location outside original cemetery — notice, to whom, contents.
Section
194.110
Penalty for violation.
Section
194.115
Autopsy — consent required — penalty for violation — availability of report, to whom.
Section
194.117
Sudden infant death — notification — autopsy by certified child death pathologist required, procedure, release to parents or guardian — cost, how paid — department of health and senior services duties — rules and regulations.
Section
194.119
Right of sepulcher, the right to choose and control final disposition of a dead human body.
Section
194.120
Missouri state anatomical board — members — responsibilities.
Section
194.130
Meetings of board — organization — funds.
Section
194.140
Acceptance of provisions of this law — bond — prohibited actions and penalties.
Section
194.150
Disposal of paupers' bodies.
Section
194.160
Distribution of bodies.
Section
194.170
Autopsy not to be held, when.
Section
194.180
Penalty for violation.
Section
194.197
Depth at which body is buried may be regulated.
Section
194.200
Disposition of a stillborn child, definitions, duties of hospital, duties of parents, collection of costs, penalties.
Section
194.210
Definitions.
Section
194.215
Applicability of law.
Section
194.220
Registry to be established — gift may be made by whom.
Section
194.225
Procedure for making a gift — donor cards, requirements — gift made by will, effect of — registry authorized — website link.
Section
194.230
Amendment or revocation, procedure.
Section
194.235
Refusal to make a gift, evidenced how, requirements.
Section
194.240
Person other than donor barred from making, amending, or revoking donor's gift — revocation not a bar to making a gift — parent may revoke or amend a gift of a child.
Section
194.245
Gift for transplantation, therapy, research, or education, priority list for persons making.
Section
194.250
Document of gift, procedure.
Section
194.255
Persons eligible to receive gift in the document of gift — gifts not naming persons, effect of — refusal of gift required when.
Section
194.260
Reasonable search to identify donors — immunity from liability, when.
Section
194.263
Delivery of document of gift not required — examination and copying of document permitted, when.
Section
194.265
Referral to procurement organization, diligent search of donor registry required — reasonable examination of body parts permitted, when — search for minor's parents required, when — attending physician shall not procure, when.
Section
194.270
Hospitals to enter into agreements with procurement organizations.
Section
194.275
Purchase or sale of body parts for valuable consideration prohibited — penalty — definition.
Section
194.280
Falsification of documents, penalty.
Section
194.285
Immunity from liability, when.
Section
194.290
Declarations and advance health care directives — definitions — gift in conflict with, donor or physician to resolve.
Section
194.292
Requirements for valid execution of a document of gift — presumption of validity, when — requirements for out-of-state execution of documents.
Section
194.293
Uniformity of law a consideration in construing statutory provisions.
Section
194.294
Effect of law on certain federal acts.
Section
194.295
Embalmers authorized to enucleate eyes, when.
Section
194.297
Organ donor program fund established — funding, administration, purpose — transfer to general revenue prohibited.
Section
194.299
Money in organ donor program fund, how expended.
Section
194.300
Organ donation advisory committee established in department of health and senior services, appointment, qualifications, expenses, terms.
Section
194.302
Advisory committee's powers and duties — annual report, due when.
Section
194.304
Transfer of donor registry information, department of revenue to cooperate — registry requirements.
Section
194.307
Effective date for sections 194.240, 194.297 through 194.304 and section 302.171.
Section
194.320
Physical or mental disability, or congenital condition of recipient of anatomical gift — limitations on hospitals, physicians, and procurement organizations to determine ultimate recipient.
Section
194.350
Disposition of cremated remains — if no directions are given, procedure, notice.
Section
194.360
Veterans, cremated remains — definitions — funeral establishment or coroner, authorized release of identifying information, to whom — release of remains, when — immunity from liability.
Section
194.375
Citation of law — definitions.
Section
194.378
Final disposition of fetal remains, mother has right to determine.
Section
194.381
Means of disposition.
Section
194.384
Written standards required for protection of mother's right to determine final disposition.
Section
194.387
Miscarriage — mother's right to determine final disposition of remains — counseling made available, when.
Section
194.390
Right to legal abortion not affected.
Section
194.400
Definitions.
Section
194.405
Scope of law.
Section
194.406
Unmarked human burials, knowledge or discovery — notice to local law enforcement officer or state historic preservation officer — jurisdiction, how determined.
Section
194.407
State historic preservation officer, jurisdiction of unmarked human burials, duties — general archaeological investigation, when — professional archaeologist, advise state historic preservation officer, when.
Section
194.408
State historic preservation officer, reinterment, duties — consultation with advisory council on historic preservation, when — conformity with federal law.
Section
194.410
Human burial sites — knowingly disturb, penalty — appropriation for sale, penalty.
Section
194.425
Abandonment of a corpse without notifying authorities, penalty.
Section
194.500
Definitions.
Section
194.503
Right-of-way — use of lead vehicles — emergency vehicles with right-of-way, when.
Section
194.506
Following distance — flashing emergency lights used, when — toll-free passage, when.
Section
194.509
Regulations for nonparticipating vehicle operators — violations, penalty.
Section
194.512
Use of amber lights for motorcycles — ordinances permitted.