§327-33  Duties of university, etc.,
receiving bodies.  Every university, hospital, or institution which
receives an unclaimed body as provided in this part shall:



(1)  Bear all reasonable expenses incurred in the
transportation and preservation of the body.



(2)  Keep a permanent record of every body received,
giving an identification number, source, and disposition of the body and, if
possible, the name, age, sex, nationality, race, and place of last residence of
the decedent, which records shall be open to inspection by the department of
health.



(3)  Report annually, and at such other times as the
department may specify, to the department concerning the receipt, preservation,
retention, use, surrender, refusal, and disposition of dead bodies as provided
in this part.



(4)  Retain every body received in a receiving vault
for a period of not less than thirty days before allowing its use for medical
education and research purposes.



(5)  Be deemed the "person in charge of the
disposition of the body" as to each body received for the purposes of
chapter 338, part I, and comply with the requirements pertaining to the filing
of death certificates. [L 1967, c 240, pt of §1; HRS §327-33; am imp L 1973, c
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Revision Note



 



  "Person in charge of the disposition of the body"
substituted for "person in charge of interment".