Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 68.50 - Human Remains.
68.50.080 - Certificate and bond before receiving bodies.

RCW 68.50.080
Certificate and bond before receiving bodies.

Every physician or surgeon before receiving the dead body must give to the board or officer surrendering the same to him or her a certificate from the medical society of the county in which he or she resides, or if there is none, from the board of supervisors of the same, that he or she is a fit person to receive such dead body. He or she must also give a bond with two sureties, that each body so by him or her received will be used only for the promotion of anatomical science, and that it will be used for such purpose in this state only, and so as in no event to outrage the public feeling.

[ 2012 c 117 § 316; 1891 c 123 § 3; RRS § 10028. Formerly RCW 68.08.080.]

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Revised Code of Washington

Title 68 - Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains

Chapter 68.50 - Human Remains.

68.50.010 - Coroner's jurisdiction over remains.

68.50.015 - Immunity for determining cause and manner of death—Judicial review of determination.

68.50.020 - Notice to coroner or medical examiner—Penalty.

68.50.032 - Transportation of remains directed by coroner or medical examiner—Costs.

68.50.035 - Unlawful to refuse burial to non-Caucasian.

68.50.040 - Deceased's effects to be listed.

68.50.050 - Removal or concealment of body—Penalty.

68.50.060 - Bodies for instruction purposes.

68.50.070 - Human remains—Disposition.

68.50.080 - Certificate and bond before receiving bodies.

68.50.090 - Penalty.

68.50.100 - Dissection, when permitted—Autopsy of person under the age of three years.

68.50.101 - Autopsy, postmortem—Who may authorize.

68.50.102 - Court petition for autopsy—Cost.

68.50.103 - Autopsies in industrial deaths.

68.50.104 - Cost of autopsy.

68.50.105 - Autopsies, postmortems—Reports and records confidential—Exceptions.

68.50.106 - Autopsies, postmortems—Analyses—Opinions—Evidence—Costs.

68.50.107 - State toxicological laboratory established—State toxicologist.

68.50.108 - Autopsies, postmortems—Consent to embalm, cremate body, or make final disposition—Time limitation.

68.50.110 - Burial, cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, or natural organic reduction.

68.50.115 - Coroner and medical examiner liability—Release of information.

68.50.120 - Holding body for debt—Penalty.

68.50.130 - Unlawful disposal of remains.

68.50.140 - Unlawful disturbance, removal, or sale of human remains—Penalty.

68.50.160 - Right to control disposition of remains—Liability of funeral establishment or cemetery authority—Liability for cost.

68.50.170 - Effect of authorization.

68.50.185 - Individual final disposition—Exception—Penalty.

68.50.200 - Permission to remove human remains.

68.50.210 - Notice for order to remove remains.

68.50.220 - Exceptions.

68.50.230 - Human remains that have not been disposed—Rules.

68.50.232 - Remains—Entrusting to funeral homes or mortuaries.

68.50.240 - Record of human remains to be kept.

68.50.270 - Possession of human remains.

68.50.290 - Corneal tissue for transplantation—Presumption of good faith.

68.50.300 - Release of information concerning a death.

68.50.310 - Dental identification system established—Powers and duties.

68.50.320 - Procedures for investigating missing persons—Availability of files.

68.50.325 - Indigenous persons—Identification of remains—Spiritual practices.

68.50.330 - Identification of body or human remains by dental examination—Comparison of dental examination records with dental records of dental identification system.

68.50.645 - Skeletal human remains—Duty to notify—Ground disturbing activities—Coroner determination—Definitions.

68.50.900 - Effective date—1987 c 331.

68.50.901 - Application—1993 c 228.

68.50.902 - Application—Construction—1993 c 228.

68.50.903 - Severability—1993 c 228.

68.50.904 - Short title—1993 c 228.