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Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies
Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies
Section 194.005 Death, legal definition.
Section 194.010 Encasement of bodies to be shipped.
Section 194.020 Hermetically sealed coffin, specifications.
Section 194.060 Transportation of dead body by common carrier, requirements.
Section 194.070 Preparation of certain bodies for shipment supervised by health officer.
Section 194.080 Preparation of certain dead bodies for shipment.
Section 194.090 Preparation necessary for bodies of persons who died of certain communicable diseases.
Section 194.100 Transportation of bodies where cause of death is noncontagious.
Section 194.105 Disinterment for transport to location outside original cemetery — notice, to whom, contents.
Section 194.110 Penalty for violation.
Section 194.115 Autopsy — consent required — penalty for violation — availability of report, to whom.
Section 194.117 Sudden 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.
Section 194.119 Right of sepulcher, the right to choose and control final disposition of a dead human body.
Section 194.120 Missouri state anatomical board — members — responsibilities.
Section 194.130 Meetings of board — organization — funds.
Section 194.140 Acceptance of provisions of this law — bond — prohibited actions and penalties.
Section 194.150 Disposal of paupers' bodies.
Section 194.160 Distribution of bodies.
Section 194.170 Autopsy not to be held, when.
Section 194.180 Penalty for violation.
Section 194.197 Depth at which body is buried may be regulated.
Section 194.200 Disposition of a stillborn child, definitions, duties of hospital, duties of parents, collection of costs, penalties.
Section 194.210 Definitions.
Section 194.215 Applicability of law.
Section 194.220 Registry to be established — gift may be made by whom.
Section 194.225 Procedure for making a gift — donor cards, requirements — gift made by will, effect of — registry authorized — website link.
Section 194.230 Amendment or revocation, procedure.
Section 194.235 Refusal to make a gift, evidenced how, requirements.
Section 194.240 Person 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.
Section 194.245 Gift for transplantation, therapy, research, or education, priority list for persons making.
Section 194.250 Document of gift, procedure.
Section 194.255 Persons eligible to receive gift in the document of gift — gifts not naming persons, effect of — refusal of gift required when.
Section 194.260 Reasonable search to identify donors — immunity from liability, when.
Section 194.263 Delivery of document of gift not required — examination and copying of document permitted, when.
Section 194.265 Referral 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.
Section 194.270 Hospitals to enter into agreements with procurement organizations.
Section 194.275 Purchase or sale of body parts for valuable consideration prohibited — penalty — definition.
Section 194.280 Falsification of documents, penalty.
Section 194.285 Immunity from liability, when.
Section 194.290 Declarations and advance health care directives — definitions — gift in conflict with, donor or physician to resolve.
Section 194.292 Requirements for valid execution of a document of gift — presumption of validity, when — requirements for out-of-state execution of documents.
Section 194.293 Uniformity of law a consideration in construing statutory provisions.
Section 194.294 Effect of law on certain federal acts.
Section 194.295 Embalmers authorized to enucleate eyes, when.
Section 194.297 Organ donor program fund established — funding, administration, purpose — transfer to general revenue prohibited.
Section 194.299 Money in organ donor program fund, how expended.
Section 194.300 Organ donation advisory committee established in department of health and senior services, appointment, qualifications, expenses, terms.
Section 194.302 Advisory committee's powers and duties — annual report, due when.
Section 194.304 Transfer of donor registry information, department of revenue to cooperate — registry requirements.
Section 194.307 Effective date for sections 194.240, 194.297 through 194.304 and section 302.171.
Section 194.350 Disposition of cremated remains — if no directions are given, procedure, notice.
Section 194.360 Veterans, cremated remains — definitions — funeral establishment or coroner, authorized release of identifying information, to whom — release of remains, when — immunity from liability.
Section 194.375 Citation of law — definitions.
Section 194.378 Final disposition of fetal remains, mother has right to determine.
Section 194.381 Means of disposition.
Section 194.384 Written standards required for protection of mother's right to determine final disposition.
Section 194.387 Miscarriage — mother's right to determine final disposition of remains — counseling made available, when.
Section 194.390 Right to legal abortion not affected.
Section 194.400 Definitions.
Section 194.405 Scope of law.
Section 194.406 Unmarked human burials, knowledge or discovery — notice to local law enforcement officer or state historic preservation officer — jurisdiction, how determined.
Section 194.407 State historic preservation officer, jurisdiction of unmarked human burials, duties — general archaeological investigation, when — professional archaeologist, advise state historic preservation officer, when.
Section 194.408 State historic preservation officer, reinterment, duties — consultation with advisory council on historic preservation, when — conformity with federal law.
Section 194.410 Human burial sites — knowingly disturb, penalty — appropriation for sale, penalty.
Section 194.425 Abandonment of a corpse without notifying authorities, penalty.
Section 194.500 Definitions.
Section 194.503 Right-of-way — use of lead vehicles — emergency vehicles with right-of-way, when.
Section 194.506 Following distance — flashing emergency lights used, when — toll-free passage, when.
Section 194.509 Regulations for nonparticipating vehicle operators — violations, penalty.
Section 194.512 Use of amber lights for motorcycles — ordinances permitted.