- (a) The remains of a deceased patient shall not be removed to a morgue or storage area until a physician has conducted an examination, has pronounced death, and has authenticated the time and provisional diagnosis or final cause of death in the patient’s medical records.
- (b) The remains of deceased patients shall be prepared for removal from clinical areas in accordance with hospital procedures. Terminal disinfection of the remains of persons who died of a reportable contagious disease shall be in accordance with the applicable instructions in § 27.60 (relating to disease control measures).
- (c) Bodies of patients who have died of any reportable communicable disease specified in § 27.203 (relating to preparation for burial or transportation of deceased human bodies) shall bear appropriate warning labels.
- (d) Radiological cadavers shall bear proper warning labels and be handled according to applicable standards of the Department of Environmental Protection and the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission.