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

S.D. Codified Laws § 34-26-12

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Section 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.

SDCL 34-26-12

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