New York Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 42 - Cadavers

Title 1 - Disposition

4200 - Cadavers; Duty of Burial. - § 4200. Cadavers; duty of burial. 1. Except in the...

4201 - Disposition of Remains; Responsibilty Therefor. - (a) "Cremation" means the incineration of human remains. (b) "Disposition"...

4202 - Cremated Remains; Disposition. - § 4202. Cremated remains; disposition. 1. Every body delivered to...

4203 - Cremated or Naturally Organically Reduced Remains of a Veteran; Disposition. - (a) "veteran" means a deceased person who: (i) served in...

Title 2 - Autopsy and Dissection

4209 - Autopsies; Right to Perform. - § 4209. Autopsies; right to perform. No person shall make...

4210 - Deceased Persons; Right to Dissect. - § 4210. Deceased persons; right to dissect. The right to...

4210-A - Unlawful Dissection of the Body of a Human Being. - § 4210-a. Unlawful dissection of the body of a human...

4210-B - Certain Unauthorized Autopsies. - § 4210-b. Certain unauthorized autopsies. A person authorized by law...

4210-C - Limitations to Dissection or Autopsy. - (i) that the dissection or autopsy is essential to the...

4211 - Cadavers; Unclaimed; Delivery to Schools for Study. - (a) any medical college, school or institute including chiropractic colleges...

4212 - Cadavers; Unclaimed; Delivery to Schools; Procedure. - (b) Except as provided in section forty-two hundred ten of...

4213 - Cadavers; Delivery to Relatives or Friends. - § 4213. Cadavers; delivery to relatives or friends. 1. In...

4214 - Cadavers; Autopsy by Order of Hospital Authorities. - § 4214. Cadavers; autopsy by order of hospital authorities. 1....

4215 - Cadavers; Burial After Autopsy and Dissection. - § 4215. Cadavers; burial after autopsy and dissection. 1. In...

4216 - Body Stealing. - § 4216. Body stealing. A person who removes the dead...

4217 - Receiving Stolen Body of a Human Being. - § 4217. Receiving stolen body of a human being. A...

4218 - Opening Graves. - § 4218. Opening graves. A person who opens a grave...

4219 - Arresting or Attaching a Dead Body of a Human Being. - § 4219. Arresting or attaching a dead body of a...

4220 - Disturbing Funerals. - § 4220. Disturbing funerals. A person who, without authority of...

4221 - Removal of Eyes And/or Parts Thereof After Death. - § 4221. Removal of eyes and/or parts thereof after death....

4222 - Removal of Corneal Tissue for Transplant and Pituitary Gland Tissue for the Extraction of Growth Hormone. - § 4222. Removal of corneal tissue for transplant and pituitary...