All bodies delivered pursuant to § 34-26-8 shall be properly embalmed, and shall be preserved for a period of not less than sixty days, during which time any personal friend or relative of the decedent, making request for such body for private interment, shall be given possession thereof.
S.D. Codified Laws § 34-26-10
Embalming and preservation of bodies by medical school--Claim by friend or relative
Known as the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
The act spans §§ 34-26-1 to 34-26-9 (58 sections).
Source: SL 1909, ch 278, § 1; RC 1919, § 5595; SDC 1939, § 15.1104.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.