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SD Codified L § 34-26-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 34 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts|Section 34-26-5 - Dissection for purposes of inquest authorized by coroner, sheriff, or state's attorney.

34-26-5. Dissection for purposes of inquest authorized by coroner, sheriff, or state's attorney.The right to dissect the dead body of a human being exists if the death occurs under circumstances in which a coroner is authorized by law to hold an inquest upon the body or under the provisions of §23-14-9.1, and a coroner, sheriff, or the state's attorney designated by law to order an autopsy authorizes such dissection for the purposes of the inquest. Source: PenC 1877, §351, subdiv 2; CL 1887, §6552, subdiv 2; RPenC 1903, §356, subdiv 2; RC 1919, §3870 (2); SDC 1939, §27.1304 (2); SL 1961, ch 131; SL 1967, ch 103, §1; SL 1985, ch 191, §6; SL 2009, ch 123, §3.
SD Codified L § 34-26-6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 34 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts|Section 34-26-6 - Dissection of body of state institution inmate--Consent of next of kin required--Abandoned inmate.

34-26-6. Dissection of body of state institution inmate--Consent of next of kin required--Abandoned inmate.The right to dissect the dead body of a human being exists whenever the person dying is at the time of death an inmate of any charitable institution supported by the State of South Dakota, and such person is at the time of death under medical treatment by physicians appointed or under supervision of said authority; provided however, that before such dissection is allowed an order shall be made by the superintendent or person having charge of such charitable institution stating that in his opinion such dissection is necessary or advisable for the purpose of obtaining knowledge of the cause of the death of such person or necessary for the treatment of others; and, before such dissection be allowed the consent of the next of kin of said deceased person shall be obtained, unless said deceased person shall have been neglected or abandoned by said kin for a period of not less than six months next preceding the time of death of such person, and when no inquiry for or in regard to said deceased person shall have been made by the next of kin of said deceased person for a period of six months next preceding the death of such person, such person shall be deemed abandoned for said period. Source: SL 1895, ch 75, §1; RPenC 1903, §356, subdiv 4; RC 1919, §3870 (4); SDC 1939, §27.1304 (4).
SD Codified L § 34-26-7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 34 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts|Section 34-26-7 - Dissection authorized by legislative enactment.

34-26-7. Dissection authorized by legislative enactment.The right to dissect the dead body of a human being exists in the cases authorized by positive enactment of the Legislature of this state. Source: PenC 1877, §351, subdiv 1; CL 1887, §6552, subdiv 1; RPenC 1903, §356, subdiv 1; RC 1919, §3870 (1); SDC 1939, §27.1304 (1).
SD Codified L § 34-26-8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 34 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts|Section 34-26-8 - Notice to medical school of unclaimed body--Requisition by and forwarding to medical school.

34-26-8. Notice to medical school of unclaimed body--Requisition by and forwarding to medical school.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. Source: SL 1909, ch 278, §1; RC 1919, §5595; SDC 1939, §15.1104.
SD Codified L § 34-26-9 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 34 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts|Section 34-26-9 - Receipt and record of bodies received by medical school.

34-26-9. Receipt and record of bodies received by medical school.A receipt for any body forwarded pursuant to §34-26-8 shall be given to the officer or person delivering the same, and the medical school of the university shall keep or cause to be kept, a record of all such bodies so received, in which shall be recorded at length all facts necessary for the identification of such bodies. Source: SL 1909, ch 278, §2; RC 1919, §5595; SDC 1939, §15.1104.
SD Codified L § 34-26-10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 34 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts|Section 34-26-10 - Embalming and preservation of bodies by medical school--Claim by friend or relative.

34-26-10. Embalming and preservation of bodies by medical school--Claim by friend or relative.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. Source: SL 1909, ch 278, §1; RC 1919, §5595; SDC 1939, §15.1104.
SD Codified L § 34-26-11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 34 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts|Section 34-26-11 - Use of unclaimed bodies by medical school--Burial of remains.

34-26-11. Use of unclaimed bodies by medical school--Burial of remains.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. Source: SL 1909, ch 278, §3; RC 1919, §5595; SDC 1939, §15.1104.
SD Codified L § 34-26-12 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 34 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts|Section 34-26-12 - Autopsies at hospitals for the mentally ill.

34-26-12. Autopsies at hospitals for the mentally ill.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. Source: SL 1909, ch 278, §4; RC 1919, §5595; SDC 1939, §15.1104.
SD Codified L § 34-26-13 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 34 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts|Section 34-26-13 - Unauthorized dissection of body as misdemeanor.

34-26-13. Unauthorized dissection of body as misdemeanor.Every person who makes or procures to be made any dissection of the body of a human being, except by authority of law or in pursuance of a permission given by the decedent, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Source: PenC 1877, §352; CL 1887, §6553; RPenC 1903, §357; RC 1919, §3871; SDC 1939, §13.1417; SL 1977, ch 190, §68.
SD Codified L § 34-26-14 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 34 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts|Section 34-26-14 - Right to custody of dead body--Coroner's custody pending inquest.

34-26-14. Right to custody of dead body--Coroner's custody pending inquest.The person charged by law with the duty of burying the body of a deceased person is entitled to the custody of such body for the purpose of burying it. However, in the cases in which an investigation or inquest is required by law to be held upon a dead body, by a coroner, such coroner is entitled to its custody until such inquest has been completed. Source: PenC 1877, §357; CL 1887, §6558; RPenC 1903, §362; RC 1919, §3876; SDC 1939, §27.1302; SL 1985, ch 191, §7.
SD Codified L § 34-26-15 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 34 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts|Section 34-26-15 - Burial within reasonable time required.

34-26-15. Burial within reasonable time required.Except in the cases in which the right to dissect a dead body is expressly conferred by law, every dead body of a human being lying within this state must be decently buried within a reasonable time after the death. Nothing herein shall affect the right to remove from or carry through this state, a dead human body or parts thereof for the purpose of burying the same in another place. Source: PenC 1877, §§349, 350; CL 1887, §§6550, 6551; RPenC 1903, §§354, 355; RC 1919, §§3868, 3869; SDC 1939, §27.1301.
SD Codified L § 34-26-16 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 34 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts|Section 34-26-16 - Persons charged with duty of burial--Grave marker.

34-26-16. Persons charged with duty of burial--Grave marker.The duty of burying the body of a deceased person and providing the grave with a permanent concrete, metal anchored in concrete, or stone marker devolves upon the persons hereinafter specified:(1)If the decedent was married the duty of burial devolves upon the husband or wife;(2)If the decedent was not married but left any kindred, the duty of burial devolves upon the person or persons in the same degree nearest of kin to the decedent, being of adult age, and within this state and possessed of sufficient means to defray the necessary expenses;(3)If the decedent left no husband or wife nor kindred answering the foregoing description, the duty of burial devolves upon the coroner conducting an inquest upon the body of the decedent, if any such inquest is held; if none, then upon the person charged with the support of the poor in the locality in which the death occurs. Source: PenC 1877, §355; CL 1887, §6556; RPenC 1903, §360; RC 1919, §3874; SDC 1939, §27.1303; SL 1963, ch 153.
SD Codified L § 34-26-17 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 34 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts|Section 34-26-17 - Duty of burial on failure by persons first charged--County claim against estate for expense of burial.

34-26-17. Duty of burial on failure by persons first charged--County claim against estate for expense of burial.In case the person upon whom the duty of burial is first cast by the provisions of §34-26-16 omits to make such burial within a reasonable time, the duty devolves upon the person next specified; and if all omit to act it devolves upon the tenant, or if there is no tenant upon the owner of the premises or master, or if there is no master upon the owner of the vessel in which the death occurs or the body is found; and if all of these omit to act it devolves upon the county of the legal residence of the deceased and if no such residence is known, then upon the county where the body is first found dead, and in all such cases the said county shall have a legal preferred claim against the estate of the decedent for the actual expense incurred. Source: PenC 1877, §355, subdiv 4; CL 1887, §6556, subdiv 4; RPenC 1903, §360, subdiv 4; RC 1919, §3874 (4); SDC 1939, §27.1303 (4); SL 1963, ch 153.
SD Codified L § 34-26-18 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 34 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts|Section 34-26-18 - Failure to make burial as misdemeanor--Civil liability for treble expenses.

34-26-18. Failure to make burial as misdemeanor--Civil liability for treble expenses.Every person upon whom the duty of making burial of the remains of a deceased person is imposed by law, who omits to perform that duty within a reasonable time, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor; and, in addition to the punishment prescribed therefor, is liable to pay to the person performing the duty in his stead, treble the expenses incurred by the latter in making the burial, to be recovered in a civil action. Source: PenC 1877, §356; CL 1887, §6557; RPenC 1903, §361; RC 1919, §3875; SDC 1939, §13.1415; SL 1977, ch 190, §69.
SD Codified L § 34-26-19 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 34 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts|Section 34-26-19 - Provisions applicable to parts of body.

34-26-19. Provisions applicable to parts of body.All provisions of this code requiring burial of a dead body, or punishing interference with, or injuries to a dead body, apply equally to any part of a dead body separated therefrom during lifetime, or by dissection after death, as soon as the lawful purposes of such dissection have been accomplished. Source: PenC 1877, §§353, 354; CL 1887, §§6554, 6555; RPenC 1903, §§358, 359; RC 1919, §§3872, 3873; SDC 1939, §27.1301.
SD Codified L § 34-26-21.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 34 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts|Section 34-26-21.1 - Information on organ donation to be made available to persons obtaining driver license or identification card.

34-26-21.1. Department of Public Safety distribution of information on organ donation.The Department of Public Safety shall provide each person renewing or applying for a driver license or nondriver identification card an opportunity to review information about organ donation, such as information available from the organ procurement organization designated by the federal government for this state.The department shall distribute this information:(1)On the Department of Public Safety website;(2)Through information mailed with each driver license and identification card renewal notice;(3)On posters and brochures made available at each driver license exam station;(4)Through each driver license manual published after July 1, 2013; and(5)Through any other means the Department of Public Safety deems appropriate. Source: SL 2001, ch 186, §5; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), §20; SL 2013, ch 159, §1.
SD Codified L § 34-26-47 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 34 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts|Section 34-26-47 - Hospital protocol for identifying potential organ donors.

34-26-47. Hospital protocol for identifying potential organ donors.A hospital shall establish written protocols for the identification of potential human organ, eye, and tissue donors that:(1)Assure that families of potential donors are made aware of the option of organ, eye, and tissue donation and their option to decline;(2)Encourage discretion and sensitivity with respect to the circumstances, views, and beliefs of such families;(3)Require that an organ procurement agency designated by the United States secretary of health and human services be notified of potential organ donors; and(4)Require that an eye and tissue organization designated by the hospital be notified of potential eye and tissue donors. Source: SL 1992, ch 249, §1; SL 1995, ch 197, §5.
SD Codified L § 34-26-48 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 34 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts|Section 34-26-48 - Short title.

34-26-48. Short title.Sections 34-26-48 to 34-26-72, inclusive, may be cited as the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. Source: SL 2007, ch 197, §1.
SD Codified L § 34-26-50 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 34 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts|Section 34-26-50 - Applicability.

34-26-50. Applicability.Sections 34-26-48 to 34-26-72, inclusive, apply to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made. Source: SL 2007, ch 197, §3.
SD Codified L § 34-26-51 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 34 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts|Section 34-26-51 - Who may make anatomical gift before donor's death.

34-26-51. Who may make anatomical gift before donor's death.Subject to §34-26-55, an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education in the manner provided in §34-26-52 by:(1)The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and is:(A)Emancipated; or(B)Authorized under state law to apply for a driver's license because the donor is at least fourteen years of age, provided, that if the minor is unemancipated, a parent or guardian has consented that the organ donor indicator be placed on the minor's driver license or nondriver identification card;(2)An agent of the donor, unless the power of attorney for health care or other record prohibits the agent from making an anatomical gift;(3)A parent of the donor, if the donor is an unemancipated minor; or(4)The donor's guardian. Source: SL 2007, ch 197, §4.
SD Codified L § 34-26-52 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 34 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts|Section 34-26-52 - Manner of making anatomical gift before donor's death.

34-26-52. Manner of making anatomical gift before donor's death.(a) A donor may make an anatomical gift:(1)By checking a box on the driver license or identification card application authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be imprinted on the donor's driver license or identification card. The issuance of a driver license or identification card with a donor designation completes the donation process and is effective unless the donor requests removal of the donor designation;(2)In a will;(3)During a terminal illness or injury of the donor, by any form of communication addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness; or(4)As provided in paragraph (b).(b) A donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under §34-26-51 may make a gift by a donor card or other record signed by the donor or other person making the gift or by authorizing that a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift be included on a donor registry. If the donor or other person is physically unable to sign a record, the record may be signed by another individual at the direction of the donor or other person and must:(1)Be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person; and(2)State that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in subdivision (1).(c) Revocation, suspension, expiration, or cancellation of a driver license or identification card upon which an anatomical gift is indicated does not invalidate the gift.(d) An anatomical gift made by will takes effect upon the donor's death whether or not the will is probated. Invalidation of the will after the donor' death does not invalidate the gift. Source: SL 2007, ch 197, §5; SL 2013, ch 159, §2.
SD Codified L § 34-26-53 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 34 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts|Section 34-26-53 - Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor's death.

34-26-53. Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor's death.(a) Subject to §34-26-55, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under §34-26-51 may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by:(1)A record signed by:(A)The donor;(B)The other person; or(C)Subject to subsection (b), another individual acting at the direction of the donor or the other person if the donor or other person is physically unable to sign; or(2)A later-executed document of gift that amends or revokes a previous anatomical gift or portion of an anatomical gift, either expressly or by inconsistency.(b) A record signed pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(C) must:(1)Be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person; and(2)State that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in paragraph (1).(c) Subject to §34-26-55, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under §34-26-51 may revoke an anatomical gift by the destruction or cancellation of the document of gift, or the portion of the document of gift used to make the gift, with the intent to revoke the gift.(d) A donor may amend or revoke an anatomical gift that was not made in a will by any form of communication during a terminal illness or injury addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.(e) A donor who makes an anatomical gift in a will may amend or revoke the gift in the manner provided for amendment or revocation of wills or as provided in subsection (a). Source: SL 2007, ch 197, §6.
SD Codified L § 34-26-54 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 34 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 26 - Custody And Disposition Of Bodies And Body Parts|Section 34-26-54 - Refusal to make anatomical gift--Effect of refusal.

34-26-54. Refusal to make anatomical gift--Effect of refusal.(a) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part by:(1)A record signed by:(A)The individual; or(B)Subject to subsection (b), another individual acting at the direction of the individual if the individual is physically unable to sign;(2)The individual's will, whether or not the will is admitted to probate or invalidated after the individual's death; or(3)Any form of communication made by the individual during the individual's terminal illness or injury addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.(b) A record signed pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(B) must:(1)Be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the individual; and(2)State that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in paragraph (1).(c) An individual who has made a refusal may amend or revoke the refusal:(1)In the manner provided in subsection (a) for making a refusal;(2)By subsequently making an anatomical gift pursuant to §34-26-52 that is inconsistent with the refusal; or(3)By destroying or canceling the record evidencing the refusal, or the portion of the record used to make the refusal, with the intent to revoke the refusal.(d) Except as otherwise provided in §34-26-55(h), in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the individual set forth in the refusal, an individual's unrevoked refusal to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part bars all other persons from making an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part. Source: SL 2007, ch 197, §7.