Any person having charge or control of any dead human body that has been lawfully donated for scientific study shall notify the Commissioner whenever and as soon as any such body comes to his possession, charge, or control and shall, without fee or reward, permit the Commissioner or his agents to remove such body, to be used for the advancement of health science.
Code 1950, § 32-356; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1979, c. 711; 2014, cc. 228, 583.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 8 - Postmortem Examinations and Services
§ 32.1-277. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner; central and district offices and facilities
§ 32.1-278. Appointment and qualifications of Chief Medical Examiner
§ 32.1-279. Duties of Chief Medical Examiner; teaching legal medicine
§ 32.1-281. Commissioner may obtain additional services and facilities
§ 32.1-282.1. Per diem medicolegal death investigators
§ 32.1-283. Investigation of deaths; obtaining consent to removal of organs, etc.; fees
§ 32.1-291.1. Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; short title
§ 32.1-291.3. Applicability of Act
§ 32.1-291.4. Who may make anatomical gift before donor's death
§ 32.1-291.5. Manner of making anatomical gift before donor's death
§ 32.1-291.6. Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor's death
§ 32.1-291.7. Refusal to make anatomical gift; effect of refusal
§ 32.1-291.8. Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation
§ 32.1-291.9. Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part
§ 32.1-291.10. Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part
§ 32.1-291.11. Persons that may receive anatomical gift; purpose of anatomical gift
§ 32.1-291.12. Search and notification
§ 32.1-291.13. Delivery of document of gift not required; right to examine
§ 32.1-291.14. Rights and duties of procurement organization and others
§ 32.1-291.15. Coordination of procurement and use
§ 32.1-291.16. Sale or purchase of parts prohibited; penalty
§ 32.1-291.16. Sale or purchase of parts prohibited; penalty
§ 32.1-291.17. Falsification, etc of document of gift; penalty
§ 32.1-291.21. Effect of anatomical gift on advance health-care directive
§ 32.1-291.22. Cooperation between Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and procurement organization
§ 32.1-291.24. Uniformity of application and construction
§ 32.1-291.25. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
§ 32.1-292.2. The Virginia Donor Registry
§ 32.1-296. Determination of death
§ 32.1-297. Action for implied warranty in connection with transfer of blood or human tissue
§ 32.1-297.1. The Virginia Transplant Council
§ 32.1-297.2. Discrimination prohibited
§ 32.1-298. Notification of Commissioner and delivery of bodies
§ 32.1-299. Distribution of bodies
§ 32.1-300. Records of bodies distributed
§ 32.1-301. Burial, cremation, or return of bodies after scientific study
§ 32.1-302. Importation of anatomical material
§ 32.1-303. Penalty for trafficking in bodies