Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 68.50 - Human Remains.
68.50.902 - Application—Construction—1993 c 228.

RCW 68.50.902
Application—Construction—1993 c 228.

This act shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this act among states enacting it.

[ 1993 c 228 § 13.]

Structure Revised Code of Washington

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.