Nothing contained in §§ 34-26-8 to 34-26-11, inclusive, shall preclude the officers of the state hospitals for the mentally ill from using the unclaimed remains of patients dying in such hospitals to make autopsies for pathological study.
S.D. Codified Laws § 34-26-12
Autopsies at hospitals for the mentally ill
Known as the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
The act spans §§ 34–34 (58 sections).
Source: SL 1909, ch 278, § 4; 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.