- (1) As used in this section, person shall include any individual, partnership, corporation, body politic, or association.
- (2) Consent for a licensee to conduct a postmortem examination of the body of a deceased person shall be deemed sufficient when given by whichever one of the following assumes custody of the body for purposes of burial: Father, mother, husband, wife, child, guardian, next of kin, or, in the absence of any of the foregoing, a friend or a person charged by law with the responsibility for burial. If two or more persons assume custody of the body, the consent of one of them shall be deemed sufficient.
- (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as a repeal of any provision of part 6 of article 10 of title 30.
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1212, § 1, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-36-133 as it existed prior to 2019.