Autopsies at hospitals for the mentally ill.

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34-26-12. Autopsies at hospitals for the mentally ill.

Nothing contained in §§34-26-8 to 34-26-11, inclusive, shall preclude the officers of the state hospitals for the mentally ill from using the unclaimed remains of patients dying in such hospitals to make autopsies for pathological study.

Source: SL 1909, ch 278, §4; RC 1919, §5595; SDC 1939, §15.1104.


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