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South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 34 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS
Section 34-26-13 - Unauthorized dissection of body as misdemeanor

S.D. Codified Laws § 34-26-13

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Section 34-26-13 - Unauthorized dissection of body as misdemeanor

Every person who makes or procures to be made any dissection of the body of a human being, except by authority of law or in pursuance of a permission given by the decedent, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

SDCL 34-26-13

PenC 1877, § 352; CL 1887, § 6553; RPenC 1903, § 357; RC 1919, § 3871; SDC 1939, § 13.1417; SL 1977, ch 190, § 68.