[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR35.16]



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                         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]