[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: 42CFR35.43]

[Page 117]
 
                         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 D--Disposal of Money and Effects of Deceased Patients
 
Sec. 35.43  Delivery only upon filing claim; forms; procedure.

    (a) Delivery of the money and effects of a deceased patient shall be 
made only to a person who has filed a claim therefor on a form 
prescribed by the Surgeon General.
    (b) A claimant shall furnish, in addition to the information on the 
prescribed form, such additional information as the officer in charge 
may consider necessary to establish the identity of the claimant and the 
truth of his statements.
    (c) A person filing a claim as a legal representative shall be 
required to present letters of administration or a certificate of a 
court attesting his qualification or appointment.
    (d) If a claim is made after the money, or proceeds from the sale of 
the effects, of a deceased patient have been deposited in the Treasury, 
the claim shall be referred to the General Accounting Office. If the 
claim is for checks or evidences of indebtedness of the United States 
which have been trasnsmitted to the issuing agency pursuant to 
Secs. 35.47 and 35.48, the claimant shall be referred to such agency.