142.8  Purpose for which body used.

The dead bodies delivered under this chapter shall be used only within the limits of this state for the purpose of scientific, medical, and surgical study, and no person shall remove the same beyond the limits of this state or in any manner traffic therein. Any person who shall violate this section shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

This section shall not apply to bodies given under authority of the uniform anatomical gift Act.*

Section History: Early form

  [C73, § 4020; C97, § 4950; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2358; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 142.8]

Footnotes

  *Chapter 142C


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