The anatomical board, or its duly authorized agent, shall take and receive any unclaimed bodies so delivered, and, after holding the bodies for a period of twenty days to determine if the bodies are claimed, shall distribute and deliver the unclaimed bodies on requisition to and among the institutions mentioned in this part 3, to be used for anatomical purposes as the institutions shall determine.
Source: L. 2017: Entire part added with relocations, (SB 17-223), ch. 158, p. 556, § 1, effective August 9.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-34-206 as it existed prior to 2017.
Structure Colorado Code
Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries
Article 19 - Treatment of Human Bodies After Death
Part 3 - Unclaimed Human Bodies
§ 15-19-301. Board for Distribution of Unclaimed Human Bodies - Rules
§ 15-19-302. Duty of Public Officers as to Unclaimed Bodies
§ 15-19-303. Claiming of Body - Publication of Notice
§ 15-19-304. Disposition of All or Any Portion of Body After Death - Nonliability
§ 15-19-305. Unlawful to Hold Autopsy
§ 15-19-306. Holding of Body for Twenty Days
§ 15-19-307. Disposition of Remains