Bodies delivered pursuant to § 34-26-8 unclaimed after the expiration of sixty days may be used for the promotion of medical and surgical science, and the instruction and study of physicians and students of anatomy and embalming in this state. After having served such purpose, the remains shall in all cases receive proper burial.
S.D. Codified Laws § 34-26-11
Use of unclaimed bodies by medical school--Burial of remains
Known as the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
The act spans §§ 34–34 (58 sections).
Source: SL 1909, ch 278, § 3; 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.