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Section
451.005
"Human remains" and "remains" defined.
Section
451.007
Requirements for determination.
Section
451.008
Consent not required for determination; prohibition on withholding or withdrawal of organ-sustaining treatment in certain circumstances; notice.
Section
451.010
Dissection of dead human bodies: Limitations; penalty.
Section
451.015
Commercial use of aborted embryo or fetus prohibited; penalty.
Section
451.020
Burial or cremation within reasonable time after death; transportation and disposal of residue of cremated body.
Section
451.023
Responsibility of surviving spouse or parent for burial or cremation of deceased spouse or child.
Section
451.024
Persons authorized to order burial or cremation; order of priority of such persons; acceptance of legal and financial responsibility does not give rise to claim against estate or other person; transfer of authority to another person; unavailability of authorized person.
Section
451.025
Reimbursement for burial expenses paid with public money.
Section
451.027
Duty of county agency responsible for remains of indigent person believed to be veteran to report name of person to Department of Veterans Services; Department to determine eligibility for interment at national or veterans’ cemetery; disposition of remains; immunity from liability for certain acts or omissions.
Section
451.030
Removal of remains for sale or dissection; purchases; punishment.
Section
451.040
Seizure of remains for debt; interference with dead body; penalty.
Section
451.045
Permit for disinterment or removal of human remains within State.
Section
451.050
Permit for disinterment or removal of human remains out of State.
Section
451.060
Penalties for noncompliance of common carrier.
Section
451.065
Unlawful to require remains to be embalmed or otherwise prepared before disposition; exceptions; penalty.
Section
451.067
Designation of family cemetery; notification of Division of Public and Behavioral Health of designation.
Section
451.069
"Cemetery authority" defined.
Section
451.070
Authority to order disinterment and removal of human remains.
Section
451.075
Prohibition on certain acts by cemetery authority concerning burial plot owned in fee simple.
Section
451.080
Regulations governing manner of removal and reinterment; time for removal and reinterment.
Section
451.110
Notice of determination to remove human remains.
Section
451.130
Posting of copies of notice in cemetery.
Section
451.140
Mailing of copy of notice to owner of plot or heir of person interred.
Section
451.150
Notice to cemetery authority by friend or relative.
Section
451.160
Notice to cemetery authority by friend or relative: Contents.
Section
451.170
Notice to cemetery authority by friend or relative: Manner of delivery.
Section
451.180
Notice by cemetery authority; manner of service on friend or relative.
Section
451.190
Notice to cemetery authority by friend or relative: Effect.
Section
451.260
Removal of human remains.
Section
451.270
Manner and time of reinterment.
Section
451.280
Disposal of land by cemetery authority; authority to sell and encumber.
Section
451.290
Sale or encumbrance of land; confirmation by district court of sale by cemetery corporation or association.
Section
451.300
Petition for confirmation; notice of hearing.
Section
451.310
Confirmation of sale agreed upon before receipt of notice of determination that further maintenance of cemetery is not in accordance with health, safety, comfort or welfare of public.
Section
451.320
Declaration of removal by cemetery authority: Filing; acknowledgment; effect of subsequent conveyance.
Section
451.330
Removal of dedication; notice of hearing and proof.
Section
451.340
Disinterment by heir or relative must comply with requirements of religious denomination, society or church; authority of officer, representative or agent of church or religious society.
Section
451.350
"Committee" defined.
Section
451.360
Establishment and composition of Committee; election and terms of Chair and Secretary.
Section
451.370
Meetings, records and budget of Committee.
Section
451.380
Compensation of members of Committee.
Section
451.390
Regulations of Committee.
Section
451.400
Notification of Committee or its designee concerning dead human body which is unclaimed or required to be buried at public expense; delivery of body as designated by Committee.
Section
451.410
Retention of bodies received by Committee; referral of excess or unfit bodies to board of county commissioners for burial or cremation.
Section
451.420
Committee to receive notice of death for unclaimed indigent person; limitations on delivery of bodies to Committee.
Section
451.430
Delivery of body by Committee to friend or other claimant; payment of expenses; military funeral required by veterans’ organization that claims body.
Section
451.440
Contract for delivery of body to Committee prohibited; Committee authorized to accept body left by will.
Section
451.450
Distribution of bodies among schools, teaching hospitals and other persons or entities; fees; penalty.
Section
451.460
Recipient of body received from Committee required to give bond; approval, amount and conditions of bond.
Section
451.470
Disposal of remains after use.
Section
451.500
Short title.
Section
451.503
Applicability of Act.
Section
451.505
Uniformity of application and construction.
Section
451.510
Definitions.
Section
451.511
"Adult" defined.
Section
451.512
"Agent" defined.
Section
451.513
"Anatomical gift" defined.
Section
451.520
"Decedent" defined.
Section
451.522
"Disinterested witness" defined.
Section
451.523
"Document of gift" defined.
Section
451.525
"Donor" defined.
Section
451.526
"Donor registry" defined.
Section
451.528
"Driver’s license" defined.
Section
451.529
"Guardian" defined.
Section
451.530
"Hospital" defined.
Section
451.532
"Identification card" defined.
Section
451.533
"Know" defined.
Section
451.534
"Organ procurement organization" defined.
Section
451.535
"Part" defined.
Section
451.540
"Person" defined.
Section
451.545
"Physician" defined.
Section
451.547
"Procurement organization" defined.
Section
451.548
"Reasonably available" defined.
Section
451.549
"Record" defined.
Section
451.550
"State" defined.
Section
451.553
"Technician" defined.
Section
451.554
"Tissue bank" defined.
Section
451.556
Persons authorized to make anatomical gift before death of donor.
Section
451.558
Manner of making anatomical gift before death of donor.
Section
451.559
Amending or revoking anatomical gift before death of donor.
Section
451.561
Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal.
Section
451.562
Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment or revocation.
Section
451.566
Persons authorized to make anatomical gift of body or part of decedent.
Section
451.568
Manner of making, amending or revoking anatomical gift of body or part of decedent.
Section
451.571
Persons who may receive anatomical gift; purpose of anatomical gift.
Section
451.572
Search and notification.
Section
451.578
Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine.
Section
451.579
Rights and duties of procurement organization and others.
Section
451.584
Coordination of procurement and use.
Section
451.587
Nontransplant anatomical donation organizations: Certification; standards and guidelines; fee for application for issuance or renewal of certificate; duties of Division; penalty.
Section
451.590
Sale or purchase of parts prohibited; penalties.
Section
451.591
Other prohibited acts; penalties.
Section
451.592
Immunity.
Section
451.593
Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity.
Section
451.594
Donor registry.
Section
451.595
Effect of anatomical gift on advance health-care directive.
Section
451.596
Cooperation between coroner and procurement organization.
Section
451.597
Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose body is under jurisdiction of coroner.
Section
451.598
Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
Section
451.600
Definitions.
Section
451.605
"Agent" defined.
Section
451.607
"Alkaline hydrolysis" defined.
Section
451.610
"Communicable disease" defined.
Section
451.615
"Container" defined.
Section
451.617
"Cremation" defined.
Section
451.620
"Human remains" defined.
Section
451.625
"Operator" defined.
Section
451.630
"Urn" defined.
Section
451.635
Requirements for licensing of crematories and certification of persons operating crematory equipment.
Section
451.637
Operator of crematory to provide notice to certain entities concerning equipment for alkaline hydrolysis; entity that receives notice to ensure compliance with state and local requirements.
Section
451.640
Adoption of regulations; injunctive relief.
Section
451.645
Authority of cemetery or funeral home to erect and conduct crematory; placement.
Section
451.655
Order of person for cremation and disposition of remains.
Section
451.660
Requirements for death certificate and written authorization; delegation of authority of authorized agent; unavailability of authorized agent.
Section
451.665
Maintenance of records; identification of remains.
Section
451.670
Prohibition against requiring placement of remains in casket; construction and incineration or dissolution of container.
Section
451.675
Holding of remains awaiting cremation.
Section
451.680
Procedure and space for cremation.
Section
451.685
Allowance of persons near remains awaiting cremation; simultaneous cremation of remains of more than one person.
Section
451.690
Delivery and transportation of cremated remains.
Section
451.695
Disposition of cremated remains: Responsibility; operator of crematory.
Section
451.700
Disposition of cremated remains: Restrictions on manner and location.
Section
451.705
Effect of execution of order for cremation; liability for article of value delivered with remains.
Section
451.710
Refusal to accept or cremate remains or to release cremated remains pending resolution of dispute.
Section
451.715
Unlawful acts; abatement of unlawful crematory as public nuisance.
Section
451.5285
"Eye bank" defined.
Section
451.5335
"Minor" defined.
Section
451.5345
"Parent" defined.
Section
451.5475
"Prospective donor" defined.
Section
451.5485
"Recipient" defined.
Section
451.5493
"Refusal" defined.
Section
451.5497
"Sign" defined.
Section
451.5535
"Tissue" defined.
Section
451.5545
"Transplant hospital" defined.