Source: https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/97.170
Timestamp: 2017-10-17 13:04:59
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ORS 97.170 - Disposition of unclaimed body of deceased person - 2015 Oregon Revised Statutes
2015 ORS Vol. 3 Chapter 97 Section 97.170
2015 ORS 97.170¹
Disposition of unclaimed body of deceased person
(a) Who does not have a relative or other person with the legal right to direct and the means to pay for disposition of the deceased person’s body;
(b) Whose relative, or other person, with the legal right to direct the disposition of the deceased person’s body does not pay or arrange to pay for, or refuses to direct, the disposition of the deceased person’s body within 10 days of being notified of the death; or
(2) The State Mortuary and Cemetery Board shall maintain a list of institutions that may accept or process bodies for education or research purposes.
(5) Upon receipt of a qualifying statement as required by the board by rule that the deceased person is an indigent person, the board shall reimburse a funeral establishment the reasonable costs for disposition of the body of any unclaimed deceased indigent person. The method of disposition must be in the least costly and most environmentally sound manner that complies with law. The board shall adopt rules establishing the requirements and process for reimbursement and setting the amount that may be reimbursed to a funeral establishment under this subsection. [Amended by 1973 c.842 §1; 1985 c.704 §1; 1993 c.345 §4; 1995 c.162 §62; 2009 c.709 §8; 2015 c.651 §1]