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Revised Statutes of Missouri

Chapter 194

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 194

Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies

194.005Death, legal definition 194.010Shipment by common carrier, rules 194.020(Repealed L. 2023 S.B. 116)Repealed 194.030(Repealed L. 1984 S.B. 574 § 1)Repealed 194.040(Repealed L. 1984 S.B. 574 § 1)Repealed 194.050(Repealed L. 1984 S.B. 574 § 1)Repealed 194.060(Repealed L. 2023 S.B. 116)Repealed 194.070(Repealed L. 2023 S.B. 116)Repealed 194.080(Repealed L. 2023 S.B. 116)Repealed 194.090(Repealed L. 2023 S.B. 116)Repealed 194.100(Repealed L. 2023 S.B. 116)Repealed 194.105Disinterment for transport to location outside original cemetery — notice, to whom 194.110(Repealed L. 2023 S.B. 116)Repealed 194.115Autopsy — consent required — penalty for violation — availability of report, to whom 194.117Sudden infant death — notification — autopsy by certified child death pathologist required, procedure, release to parents or guardian — cost, how paid — department of health and senior services duties — rules and regulations 194.119Right of sepulcher, the right to choose and control final disposition of a dead human body 194.120Missouri state anatomical board — members — responsibilities 194.130Meetings of board — organization — funds 194.140Acceptance of provisions of this law — bond — prohibited actions and penalties 194.150Disposal of paupers' bodies 194.160Distribution of bodies 194.170Autopsy not to be held, when 194.180Penalty for violation 194.190(Repealed L. 1969 S.B. 43 § 10)Repealed 194.197Depth at which body is buried may be regulated 194.200Disposition of a stillborn child, definitions, duties of hospital, duties of parents, collection of costs, penalties 194.210Definitions 194.215Applicability of law 194.220Registry to be established — gift may be made by whom 194.225Procedure for making a gift — donor cards, requirements — gift made by will, effect of — registry authorized — website link 194.230Amendment or revocation, procedure 194.233(Repealed L. 2008 S.B. 1139 § A)Repealed 194.235Refusal to make a gift, evidenced how, requirements 194.240Person other than donor barred from making, amending, or revoking donor's gift — revocation not a bar to making a gift — parent may revoke or amend a gift of a child 194.245Gift for transplantation, therapy, research, or education, priority list for persons making 194.250Document of gift, procedure 194.255Persons eligible to receive gift in the document of gift — gifts not naming persons, effect of — refusal of gift required when 194.260Reasonable search to identify donors — immunity from liability, when 194.263Delivery of document of gift not required — examination and copying of document permitted, when 194.265Referral to procurement organization, diligent search of donor registry required — reasonable examination of body parts permitted, when — search for minor's parents required, when — attending physician shall not procure, when 194.270Hospitals to enter into agreements with procurement organizations 194.275Purchase or sale of body parts for valuable consideration prohibited — penalty — definition 194.280Falsification of documents, penalty 194.285Immunity from liability, when 194.290Declarations and advance health care directives — definitions — gift in conflict with, donor or physician to resolve 194.292Requirements for valid execution of a document of gift — presumption of validity, when — requirements for out-of-state execution of documents 194.293Uniformity of law a consideration in construing statutory provisions 194.294Effect of law on certain federal acts 194.295Embalmers authorized to enucleate eyes, when 194.297Organ donor program fund established — funding, administration, investment of moneys — transfer to general revenue prohibited 194.299Money in organ donor program fund, how expended 194.300Organ donation advisory committee established, appointment, qualifications, expenses, terms 194.302Advisory committee's powers and duties — annual report, due when 194.304Transfer of donor registry information, department of revenue to cooperate — registry requirements 194.307Effective date for sections 194.240, 194.297 through 194.304 and section 302.171 194.320Physical or mental disability, or congenital condition of recipient of anatomical gift — limitations on hospitals, physicians, and procurement organizations to determine ultimate recipient 194.321Recipients and donors, COVID-19 vaccination status not to be considered, when, exception 194.350Disposition of cremated remains — if no directions are given, procedure, notice 194.360Veterans, cremated remains — definitions — funeral establishment or coroner, authorized release of identifying information, to whom — release of remains, when — immunity from liability 194.375Citation of law — definitions 194.378Final disposition of fetal remains, mother has right to determine 194.381Means of disposition 194.384Written standards required for protection of mother's right to determine final disposition 194.387Miscarriage — mother's right to determine final disposition of remains — counseling made available, when 194.390Right to legal abortion not affected 194.400Definitions 194.405Scope of law 194.406Unmarked human burials, knowledge or discovery — notice to local law enforcement officer or state historic preservation officer — jurisdiction, how determined 194.407State historic preservation officer, jurisdiction of unmarked human burials, duties — general archaeological investigation, when — professional archaeologist, advise state historic preservation officer, when 194.408State historic preservation officer, reinterment, duties — consultation with advisory council on historic preservation, when — conformity with federal law 194.409(Repealed L. 2018 S.B. 843)Repealed 194.410Human burial sites — knowingly disturb, penalty — appropriation for sale, penalty 194.425Abandonment of a corpse without notifying authorities, penalty 194.500Definitions 194.503Right-of-way — use of lead vehicles — emergency vehicles with right-of-way, when 194.506Following distance — flashing emergency lights used, when — toll-free passage, when 194.509Regulations for nonparticipating vehicle operators — violations, penalty 194.512Use of amber lights for motorcycles — ordinances permitted