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225.33 DEATH OF PATIENT -- DISPOSAL OF BODY.
In the event that a committed public patient or a voluntary public
patient or a committed private patient should die while at the state
psychiatric hospital or at the university hospital, the state
psychiatric hospital shall have the body prepared for shipment in
accordance with the rules prescribed by the state board of health for
shipping such bodies; and it shall be the duty of the state board of
regents to make arrangements for the embalming and such other
preparation as may be necessary to comply with the rules and for the
purchase of suitable caskets. Section History: Early Form
[C24, 27, 31, 35, § 3989; C39, § 3482.33; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62,
66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 225.33] Section History: Recent Form
2001 Acts, ch 74, §11
