It shall be the duty of any person into whose charge may come the unclaimed dead body of a convict or other person to be buried at public expense, to give notice to the dean of the School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota within twenty-four hours after the receipt of any such body, specifying in such notice the probable cause of death; and upon the requisition of such dean he shall forward such body to the university, at its expense, within twenty-four hours of the receipt of such requisition.
S.D. Codified Laws § 34-26-8
Notice to medical school of unclaimed body--Requisition by and forwarding to medical school
Known as the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
The act spans §§ 34–34 (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.