When an autopsy is performed by a coroner's physician or medical examiner under authority granted by sections 58.451 and 58.725, the physician or medical examiner may retain the pituitary gland removed at the time of autopsy unless a contrary indication was given by the decedent or is declared by the next of kin for purposes of medical research, education and therapy.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 58.770
Pituitary gland to be retained when autopsy is performed unless decedent or..
Effective: 28 Aug 1977; (L. 1977 H.B. 726 § 1)
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.