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MO Rev Stat § 194.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.060 - Transportation of dead body by common carrier, requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 1984   194.060. Transportation of dead body by common carrier, requirements. — No dead human body shall be offered to or accepted by any common carrier for transportation unless it is in a burial case, coffin or casket that is securely closed, and the burial case, coffin, or casket containing the body is in a wooden, metal or metal-lined box that is securely closed, and on the top of the box must appear the name of the deceased, the destination, the time and place of death, the cause of death, the name of the attending physician or coroner, and the name of the person who prepared the body for shipment. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9793, A.L. 1984 S.B. 574)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9072; 1919 § 5828; 1909 § 6696
MO Rev Stat § 194.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.070 - Preparation of certain bodies for shipment supervised by health officer.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   194.070. Preparation of certain bodies for shipment supervised by health officer. — The body of any person having died of Asiatic cholera (cholerine), typhus or ship fever, yellow fever, or bubonic plague, shall not be offered to or accepted by any common carrier for transportation unless it shall have been prepared for shipment in accordance with section 194.080, and under the supervision of an officer of the department of health and senior services, or supervision of a member of the state board of embalmers and funeral directors. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9784)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9063; 1919 § 5819; 1909 § 6687
MO Rev Stat § 194.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.080 - Preparation of certain dead bodies for shipment.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   194.080. Preparation of certain dead bodies for shipment. — The body of any person having died of diphtheria (membranous croup), scarlet fever (scarlatina or scarlet rash), glanders, anthrax, leprosy or smallpox shall not be offered to or accepted by any common carrier for transportation unless: (1) It shall have been thoroughly embalmed by arterial and cavity injection with a disinfecting fluid, the orifices disinfected and packed with cotton, and the whole exterior of the body washed with a disinfecting fluid; or (2) unless it shall have been completely wrapped in a sheet that is saturated with a solution of bichloride of mercury, in the proportion of one ounce of bichloride of mercury to one gallon of water, and encased in an airtight metal or metal-lined burial case, coffin, casket or box that is closed and hermetically sealed. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9785)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9064; 1919 § 5820; 1909 § 6688
MO Rev Stat § 194.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.090 - Preparation necessary for bodies of persons who died of certain communicable diseases.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   194.090. Preparation necessary for bodies of persons who died of certain communicable diseases. — The body of any person having died of tuberculosis, puerperal fever, typhoid fever, erysipelas, measles, or other dangerous or communicable diseases other than those specified in sections 194.070 and 194.080, shall not be offered to or accepted by any common carrier for transportation, unless such body shall have been thoroughly embalmed by arterial and cavity injection with a disinfecting fluid, as specified in section 194.080; or, if such body is not so embalmed, it must be encased in an airtight metal or metal-lined burial case, coffin, casket or box that is closed and hermetically sealed. The body of any person having died of a disease that is contagious, infectious or communicable must not be accompanied by clothing or articles that have been exposed to the infection of such disease. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9786)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9065; 1919 § 5821; 1909 § 6689
MO Rev Stat § 194.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.100 - Transportation of bodies where cause of death is noncontagious.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   194.100. Transportation of bodies where cause of death is noncontagious. — The body of any person having died of a cause or disease that is not contagious, infectious or communicable, and from which no offensive odor emits, may be offered to and accepted by any common carrier for transportation; provided, the destination can be reached within twenty-four hours from the time of death of such person, but if the destination cannot be reached within twenty-four hours from the time of such death, then the body must be thoroughly embalmed by arterial and cavity injection with a disinfecting fluid, or encased in an airtight metal or metal-lined burial case, coffin, casket or box that is closed and hermetically sealed. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9787)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9066; 1919 § 5822; 1909 § 6690
MO Rev Stat § 194.105 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.105 - Disinterment for transport to location outside original cemetery — notice, to whom, contents.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   194.105. Disinterment for transport to location outside original cemetery — notice, to whom, contents. — In addition to any records filed pursuant to chapter 193, any person or owner or operator of any cemetery which removes any body which has been properly buried or interred for transportation to a location outside the original cemetery shall, prior to such disinterment, file notice with the county coroner or county medical examiner and also notify by certified mail, the closest living relative known to the cemetery operator, of the body being moved. Such notice shall provide the name and address of the person moving the body, the name of the person whose body is to be moved, and the location to which the body is to be moved. Transportation of the body shall be in accordance with the provisions of sections 194.010 to 194.110, and in accordance with any other applicable law or regulation. ­­-------- (L. 1989 S.B. 389, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1079)
MO Rev Stat § 194.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.110 - Penalty for violation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   194.110. Penalty for violation. — Any person, firm, company or corporation, or agent thereof, who shall fail, refuse or neglect to comply with any of the provisions of sections 194.010 to 194.110, or any part of such provisions, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in the sum of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9794)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9073; 1919 § 5829; 1909 § 6697
MO Rev Stat § 194.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.120 - Missouri state anatomical board — members — responsibilities.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   194.120. Missouri state anatomical board — members — responsibilities. — 1. That the heads of departments of anatomy, professors and associate professors of anatomy at the educational institutions of the state of Missouri which are now or may hereafter become incorporated, and in which said educational institutions human anatomy is investigated or taught to students in attendance at said educational institutions, shall be and hereby are constituted the "Missouri State Anatomical Board", herein referred to in sections 194.120 to 194.180 as "the board".  2. The board shall have exclusive charge and control of the disposal and delivery of dead human bodies, as described in sections 194.120 to 194.180, to and among such educational institutions as under the provisions of said sections are entitled thereto.  3. The secretary of the board shall keep an accurate record of all bodies received and distributed by the board, showing the dates of receipt and distribution, the sources from which they came to the board, and the name and address of the educational institutions to which the same were sent, which record shall be at all times open to the inspection of each member of the board and of any prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney of any county or city within the state of Missouri. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9998)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9128; 1919 § 7343; 1909 § 8324  CROSS REFERENCE:  Board transferred to department of higher education and workforce development by the Reorganization Act of 1974. See section 173.005.
MO Rev Stat § 194.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.130 - Meetings of board — organization — funds.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   194.130. Meetings of board — organization — funds. — 1. Each educational institution entitled by sections 194.120 to 194.180 to receive dead human bodies shall have, through its representatives in attendance at the regular or called meetings of the board, one vote and no more on any and all matters voted upon. There shall be at least one regular meeting each year, held at such time and place as the board may decide.  2. The board shall adopt its own bylaws, elect or otherwise designate or select its own officers and agents, and determine their compensation.  3. Each educational institution accepting the provisions of sections 194.120 to 194.180 shall remit to the board a sum to be fixed and determined by the board; said sum shall be in proportion to the total number of students in attendance at said educational institutions as set forth in the affidavit provided for in section 194.140, or so much per capita for each of said students within sixty days after the beginning of each term. The funds so received shall be used in providing for the expense incurred in the conduct of the affairs of the board, and the board shall have the exclusive custody and control of such funds and their disbursements. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10003)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9133; 1919 § 7348; 1909 § 8329
MO Rev Stat § 194.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.140 - Acceptance of provisions of this law — bond — prohibited actions and penalties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   194.140. Acceptance of provisions of this law — bond — prohibited actions and penalties. — 1. The president and secretary, or the dean and registrar, of any educational institution in this state in which human anatomy is being investigated or taught, desiring to accept the provisions of sections 194.120 to 194.180, shall, within thirty days of the first day of each term of said educational institution, make and furnish to the secretary of the board a sworn statement setting forth the number of students in attendance at such educational institution.  2. No educational institution shall be allowed or permitted to receive any body or bodies in the manner provided for by sections 194.120 to 194.180 until a bond, approved as to form by the attorney general of this state, shall have been given to the board by or in behalf of such educational institution, which bond shall be in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned that all such bodies which the said educational institution shall receive thereafter in the manner provided by said sections, shall be used only for the promotion or application of anatomical knowledge and science; and whosoever shall sell or buy such body or bodies, or part or parts of body or bodies, or in any way traffic in the same, or shall transmit or convey or cause to be transmitted or conveyed such body or bodies, or part or parts of such body or bodies, to any place outside of this state, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year, or both; but this section shall not be construed as prohibiting any physician or dentist licensed to practice his profession in this state, or teachers or investigators of anatomy in said institutions, from transporting human specimens outside of the state for temporary use at scientific meetings or exhibits. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9999)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9131; 1919 § 7346; 1909 § 8327
MO Rev Stat § 194.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.150 - Disposal of paupers' bodies.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   194.150. Disposal of paupers' bodies. — 1. Superintendents or wardens of penitentiaries, houses of correction and bridewells, hospitals, insane asylums and poorhouses, and coroners, sheriffs, jailers, city and county undertakers, and all other state, county, town or city officers having the custody of the body of any deceased person required to be buried at public expense, shall be and hereby are required immediately to notify the secretary of the board, or the person duly designated by the board or by its secretary to receive such notice, whenever any such body or bodies come into his or their custody, charge or control, and shall, without fee or reward, deliver, within a period not to exceed thirty-six hours after death, except in cases within the jurisdiction of a coroner where retention for a longer time may be necessary, such body or bodies into the custody of the board and permit the board or its agent or agents to take and remove all such bodies, or otherwise dispose of them; provided, that each educational institution receiving a body from the board shall hold such body for at least thirty days, during which time any relative or friend of any such deceased person or persons shall have the right to take and receive the dead body from the possession of any person in whose charge or custody it may be found, for the purpose of interment, upon paying the expense of such interment.  2. Each educational institution securing a dead body shall pay all necessary expense incurred in the delivery thereof, including cost of notice to the secretary of the board or his agent, which notice shall be by telegraph, when necessary to insure immediate notice. A correct record of all such bodies, including the name and date of death, shall be kept in a book provided for that purpose by the county clerk of the county in which such person died, and by the city health commissioner of the city of St. Louis, and such record shall be promptly furnished said officer by the person or persons reporting said bodies to the secretary of the board or his agent.  3. Whenever any person fails to give the notice and deliver the body of a deceased person as required by this section, and by reason of such failure such body shall become unfit for anatomical purposes, and is so certified by the duly authorized officer or agent of the board, such body shall be buried at the expense of the person so failing to notify and deliver such body. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10000)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9129; 1919 § 7344; 1909 § 8325
MO Rev Stat § 194.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.160 - Distribution of bodies.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   194.160. Distribution of bodies. — 1. The secretary of the board shall cause to be distributed the bodies aforesaid, to any of the educational institutions mentioned in section 194.120, upon the acceptance and compliance by said educational institution with the provisions of sections 194.120 to 194.180, in proportion to the number of students in attendance at said educational institutions where the subject of human anatomy is studied or investigated.  2. The board may employ a carrier or carriers for the conveyance of such bodies, which bodies shall be well enclosed within a suitable encasement, and carefully deposited free from public observation. Said carrier shall obtain a receipt from the officer or other person having custody of any dead body subject to the provisions of sections 194.120 to 194.180 for each body received by said carrier, and said receipt shall set forth the name of the deceased, if known, and all other data that will aid in identifying such body, and shall deposit this receipt with the secretary of the board. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10001)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9130; 1919 § 7345; 1909 § 8326
MO Rev Stat § 194.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.170 - Autopsy not to be held, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   194.170. Autopsy not to be held, when. — Bodies required to be buried at public expense shall be under the exclusive custody and control of the board. It is hereby declared unlawful for any person or persons to hold any autopsy on any dead human body subject to the provisions of sections 194.120 to 194.180 without first having obtained the consent of the secretary of the board or his accredited agent. The consent of any person for an autopsy on his or her body shall not in any way prevent or affect the application of sections 194.120 to 194.180. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10002)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9132; 1919 § 7347; 1909 § 8328
MO Rev Stat § 194.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.180 - Penalty for violation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   194.180. Penalty for violation. — Any person violating the provisions of sections 194.120 to 194.180, other than the provision named in section 194.140, for the violation of which special penalties are therein imposed, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 10004)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 9134; 1919 § 7349; 1909 § 8330
MO Rev Stat § 194.197 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.197 - Depth at which body is buried may be regulated.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   194.197. Depth at which body is buried may be regulated. — The governing body of every county and every municipality of this state may regulate the depth at which a human body may be buried. ­­-------- (L. 1985 H.B. 677 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 194.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.200 - Disposition of a stillborn child, definitions, duties of hospital, duties of parents, collection of costs, penalties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   194.200. Disposition of a stillborn child, definitions, duties of hospital, duties of parents, collection of costs, penalties. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:  (1) "Final disposition", the burial, entombment, cremation, delivery to an educational or medical institution for donation, delivery to the state anatomical board or removal from the state of the remains of a deceased person;  (2) "Parents", either or both the biological mother or father of a stillborn child, but such term shall not include an unknown or unidentified biological father;  (3) "Stillborn child", a child who is dead at birth.  2. If a hospital or other health care facility transfers a stillborn child to a funeral establishment for final disposition, the hospital or health care facility shall contact one or both of the parents of such child within twenty-four hours of such transfer for instructions on the method of final disposition of the child. If the hospital contacts and receives instructions from at least one of the parents, the hospital shall convey such instructions to the funeral establishment which shall proceed as directed by such instructions. If the funeral establishment receives instructions from at least one of the parents, the funeral establishment may arrange for the final disposition of the child in accordance with such instructions without contacting the other parent. If the parents of the child do not provide instructions for the final disposition within five days, the funeral establishment shall conduct the most cost-effective method of final disposition of such child and the hospital shall be responsible for the cost of such final disposition. The hospital shall be entitled to collect the cost of such disposition from the parents. If the parents select the manner of final disposition, the parents shall be responsible to the funeral establishment for the costs of such disposition.  3. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. ­­-------- (L. 1997 H.B. 713 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 194.215 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Health and Welfare|Chapter 194 - Death — Disposition of Dead Bodies|Section 194.215 - Applicability of law.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   194.215. Applicability of law. — Sections 194.210 to 194.294 apply to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made. ­­-------- (L. 2008 S.B. 1139)