A licensed health care facility that treats a patient having HIV or HBV infection or any other reportable infectious or contagious disease as defined by the department of health and senior services shall notify the funeral establishment personnel, coroner or medical examiner involved of such disease prior to the removal of the patient, when deceased, from the licensed health care facility. Notification shall be conducted in a manner that protects the confidentiality of the deceased patient.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 191.703
Death of patient with infectious or contagious disease, notification to..
Known as the Show-Me Compassionate Medical Education Act
The act spans §§ 191–191 (186 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1993; (L. 1993 S.B. 233)
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.