Upon expiration of the forty-eight (48) hours as provided in § 20-17-703, if the body of a deceased person has not been claimed for burial, the person then having possession, charge, or control of the unclaimed body shall surrender or deliver the unclaimed body to a medical school if the unclaimed body has been offered to and requested by the medical school.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare
Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety
Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead
Subchapter 7 - Unclaimed Bodies
§ 20-17-701. Definitions — Rights of coroner or courts unaffected
§ 20-17-702. Search for next of kin
§ 20-17-703. Notice to medical schools — Definition
§ 20-17-704. Delivery to medical school
§ 20-17-705. Wishes of deceased for disposition honored
§ 20-17-706. Cost of embalming and transportation
§ 20-17-707. Holding period for medical school