(a) An unclaimed dead human body shall not be surrendered under this subchapter to a medical school if there is proof that the deceased has during his or her last illness expressed his or her desire to be buried or otherwise interred.
(b) Any adult may by will or otherwise donate his or her body to a medical school under the Revised Arkansas Anatomical Gift Act, § 20-17-1201 et seq.
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