225.33  Death of patient--disposal of body.

In the event that a committed public patient or a voluntary public patient or a committed private patient should die while at the state psychiatric hospital or at the general hospital of the college of medicine of the state University of Iowa, the state psychiatric hospital shall have the body prepared for shipment in accordance with the rules prescribed by the state board of health for shipping such bodies; and it shall be the duty of the state board of regents to make arrangements for the embalming and such other preparation as may be necessary to comply with the rules and for the purchase of suitable caskets.

Section History: Early form

  [C24, 27, 31, 35, § 3989; C39, § 3482.33; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 225.33]


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