34-26-19. Provisions applicable to parts of body.
All provisions of this code requiring burial of a dead body, or punishing interference with, or injuries to a dead body, apply equally to any part of a dead body separated therefrom during lifetime, or by dissection after death, as soon as the lawful purposes of such dissection have been accomplished.
Source: PenC 1877, §§353, 354; CL 1887, §§6554, 6555; RPenC 1903, §§358, 359; RC 1919, §§3872, 3873; SDC 1939, §27.1301.