Missouri Revised Statutes

Chapter 194
Death--Disposition of Dead Bodies

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August 28, 2007
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Sections:
194.005. Death, legal definition.
194.010. Encasement of bodies to be shipped.
194.020. Hermetically sealed coffin, specifications.
194.060. Transportation of dead body by common carrier, requirements.
194.070. Preparation of certain bodies for shipment supervised by health
officer.
194.080. Preparation of certain dead bodies for shipment.
194.090. Preparation necessary for bodies of persons who died of certain
communicable diseases.
194.100. Transportation of bodies where cause of death is noncontagious.
194.105. Disinterment for transport to location outside original cemetery
--notice, to whom, contents.
194.110. Penalty for violation.
194.115. Autopsy--consent required--penalty for violation--availability of
report, to whom.
194.117. Sudden infant death--notification--autopsy by certified child death
pathologist required, procedure, release to parents or guardian
--cost, how paid--department of health and senior services
duties--rules and regulations.
194.119. Right of sepulcher, the right to choose and control final disposition
of a dead human body.
194.120. Missouri state anatomical board--members--responsibilities.
194.130. Meetings of board--organization--funds.
194.140. Acceptance of provisions of this law--bond--prohibited actions
and penalties.
194.150. Disposal of paupers' bodies.
194.160. Distribution of bodies.
194.170. Autopsy not to be held, when.
194.180. Penalty for violation.
194.197. Depth at which body is buried may be regulated.
194.200. Disposition of a stillborn child, definitions, duties of hospital,
duties of parents, collection of costs, penalties.
194.210. Definitions.
194.220. Persons who may execute an anatomical gift.
194.230. Persons who may become donees--purposes for which anatomical gifts
may be made.
194.233. Anatomical gifts--hospital to make request, to whom, when
--verification in patient's record--hospital not liable for cost of
retrieval.
194.240. Methods of executing anatomical gifts--person to carry out
procedures--organ procurement coordinators, supervision by physicians,
required, when--report by department of health and senior services,
contents.
194.250. Delivery of document of gift.
194.260. Amendment or revocation of the gift.
194.270. Rights and duties at death.
194.280. Uniformity of interpretation.
194.290. Short title.
194.295. Embalmers authorized to enucleate eyes, when.
194.297. Organ donor program fund established--funding, administration,
purpose--transfer to general revenue prohibited.
194.299. Money in organ donor program fund, how expended.
194.300. Organ donation advisory committee established in department of health
and senior services, appointment, qualifications, expenses, terms.
194.302. Advisory committee's powers and duties--annual report, due when.
194.304. Registry of organ donors to be maintained by department of health
and senior services, content--information released when--deletion of
name from registry, procedure.
194.307. Effective date for sections 194.240, 194.297 through 194.304 and
section 302.171.
194.350. Disposition of cremated remains--if no directions are given,
procedure, notice.
194.375. Citation of law--definitions.
194.378. Final disposition of fetal remains, mother has right to determine.
194.381. Means of disposition.
194.384. Written standards required for protection of mother's right to
determine final disposition.
194.387. Miscarriage--mother's right to determine final disposition of
remains--counseling made available, when.
194.390. Right to legal abortion not affected.
194.400. Definitions.
194.405. Scope of law.
194.406. Unmarked human burials, knowledge or discovery--notice to local law
enforcement officer or state historic preservation officer
--jurisdiction, how determined.
194.407. State historic preservation officer, jurisdiction of unmarked human
burials, duties--general archaeological investigation, when
--professional archaeologist, advise state historic preservation
officer, when.
194.408. State historic preservation officer, reinterment, duties--
--consultation with unmarked human burial consultation committee,
when.
194.409. Unmarked human burial consultation committee, established--seven
members, qualifications--state historic preservation officer,
chairman--meetings, when--members serve without remuneration
--expenses--federal law.
194.410. Human burial sites--knowingly disturb, penalty--appropriation for
sale, penalty.
194.425. Abandonment of a corpse without notifying authorities, penalty.
194.500. Definitions.
194.503. Right-of-way--use of lead vehicles--emergency vehicles with
right-of-way, when.
194.506. Following distance--flashing emergency lights used, when--toll-free
passage, when.
194.509. Regulations for nonparticipating vehicle operators--violations,
penalty.
194.512. Use of amber lights for motorcycles--ordinances permitted.

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