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- Massachusetts General Laws - Disposition of bodies of deceased persons - Chapter 113, Section 1
Upon the written application of the dean or other officer of any medical school established by law in the commonwealth, the penal institutions commissioner of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Bodies of veterans, strangers or travelers; disposition - Chapter 113, Section 2
Such permission shall not be given to take the body of any veteran as defined in section ten of chapter forty-six, or the body of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Identification of body of deceased person; delivery of body for burial - Chapter 113, Section 3
No body of a deceased person which is subject to section one shall be used for fourteen days after death for the promotion of anatomical...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Bond of dean or officer of medical school - Chapter 113, Section 4
Such dean or other officer, if he has been given permission to take the body of a deceased person as provided in section one, shall,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Autopsies - Chapter 113, Section 5
Before surrendering the body of any such person as provided in the four preceding sections, the chief medical officer of any institution named in section...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Removal of anatomical gift from donor whose death is under investigation; notice to medical examiner or district attorney - Chapter 113, Section 5A
(a) The chief medical examiner or his designee shall provide the federally designated organ procurement organization and other federally-registered nonprofit eye and tissue banks located...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Dissection of bodies of executed murderers - Chapter 113, Section 6
Upon conviction of murder in the first degree, the court may order the body of the convict after his execution to be dissected. The warden...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Gift of body or tissue; definitions - Chapter 113, Section 7
In sections eight to fourteen, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the following meanings: “Acute hospital”, any hospital licensed under...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Persons authorized to make gift; rights of donees - Chapter 113, Section 8
(a) A person of sound mind and who is eighteen years of age or older may make a gift of all or any part of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Qualified donees - Chapter 113, Section 9
The following persons may become donees of gifts of bodies or parts thereof for the purposes stated: (1) any hospital, surgeon, or physician, for medical...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Gifts by will or other document; gifts by next of kin or guardian - Chapter 113, Section 10
(a) A gift of all or part of the body under subsection (a) of section eight may be made by will. Such gift shall become...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Specification of donee; delivery of body or tissue; deposit of donative documents - Chapter 113, Section 11
If the gift is made by the donor to a specified donee, the will, card, or other document, or an executed copy thereof, may be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Amendment or revocation of gift by donor - Chapter 113, Section 12
(a) If the will, card or other document or executed copy thereof has been delivered to a specified donee, the donor may amend or revoke...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Acceptance or rejection of gift by donee; disposition or disposal of bodies and tissues; determination of time of death; criminal and civil liability - Chapter 113, Section 13
(a) The donee may accept or reject the gift. If the donee accepts a gift of the entire body, he may, subject to the terms...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Cornea removal; eye bank; conditions; notice; liability - Chapter 113, Section 14
Chapter 113: Section 14. Repealed, 2005, 145, Sec. 7
Last modified: March 17, 2010
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