Statutes, codes, and regulations
Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976
Title 44 - HEALTHChapter 43 - DISPOSITIONS OF HUMAN BODIES AND PARTS; POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS
Article 7 - DISTRIBUTION OF DEAD BODIES FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES
Section 44-43-540 - Dead bodies not available to board

S.C. Code § 44-43-540

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Section 44-43-540 - Dead bodies not available to board

Notice is not required to be given and a body must not be delivered if a person claiming to be, and satisfying the authorities in charge of the body that he is, of kin or related by marriage to the deceased claims the body for burial and pays the burial expenses; and notice is not required to be given for the body to be delivered if the deceased was a traveler who died suddenly.

S.C. Code § 44-43-540

2006 Act No. 334, Section 1, eff 6/2/2006; 1909 (26) 166; Civ. C. '12 Section 931; Civ. C. '22 Section 1054; 1932 Code Section 3445; 1942 Code Section 3445; 1952 Code Section 9-504; 1962 Code Section 9-504.