[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR35.16]

[Page 115]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 35--HOSPITAL AND STATION MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 35.16  Autopsies and other post-mortem operations.

    Autopsies, or other post-mortem operations, including removal of 
tissue for transplanting, may be performed on the body of a deceased 
patient only by direction of the officer in charge and only if consented 
to in writing by a person authorized under the law of the State in which 
the station or hospital is located to permit an autopsy or such other 
post-mortem operation under the circumstances of the particular death 
involved. Restrictions or limitations imposed by the person consenting 
thereto on the extent of the autopsy or other post-mortem operation 
shall be observed. Documents embodying consent shall be made a part of 
the clinical record.

[25 FR 6331, July 6, 1960]