NY Pub Health L § 4212 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 42 - Cadavers Title 2 - Autopsy and Dissection 4212 - Cadavers; Unclaimed; Delivery to Schools; Procedure.

§  4212. Cadavers; unclaimed; delivery to schools; procedure. 1. (a) A university, college, school or institute desiring to avail itself of the provisions of section forty-two hundred  eleven  of  this  title,  shall notify  the  person having lawful possession, charge, custody or control of the body of the deceased person in the county where such  university, college,  school or institute is situated and in any other county in the state in which no medical college, school, institute  or  university  is situated,  of  such  desire.  Thereafter,  the person having possession, charge, custody or control of the body  of  the  deceased  person  shall notify  the  proper  officer  of  the  university,  college,  school  or institute whenever there is any such dead body in his or her possession, charge, custody or control which may be delivered  or  released  to  and received by such university, college, school or institute, and he or she shall  deliver  or  release  same to such university, college, school or institute.  (b) Except as provided in section forty-two hundred ten of this title, no autopsy or dissection shall be performed on any such  unclaimed  dead body by any such person having possession, charge, custody or control of such  body  prior  to  the  expiration  of  the  fourth  day  after such notification or where such notification is made by  mail  prior  to  the expiration of the eighth day after such notification is postmarked.   2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the person having lawful possession, charge, custody or control of bodies of  deceased  persons,  to  keep  a record  in  a  bound  book or an electronic log of any and all bodies of deceased persons thereafter coming into his or her  possession,  charge, custody  or  control and of the disposition made of said bodies, showing (a) the name of the deceased person, if known, (b) the  dates  of  death and  burial  or  other  lawful  disposition, if known, (c) the names and places of residence of relatives of the deceased person, if  known,  (d) the  name  of the person who claimed the body of the deceased person for interment or other lawful disposition, (e) the name of  the  university, college, school or institute to whom the body of the deceased person was delivered  or  released,  and  (f) the opposition of the deceased to the dissection  or  autopsy  of  his  or  her  body  as  indicated   by   an identification  card carried upon his or her person. This record book or electronic log shall be open to  the  inspection  of  the  officers  and agents  of  universities,  colleges,  schools  or institutes entitled to receive bodies of deceased persons. Any electronic log kept pursuant  to this  subdivision  shall  preserve a record of any addition, deletion or change made in such log.   3. If two or more universities, colleges, schools  or  institutes  are entitled  to  receive bodies of deceased persons under the provisions of this article and shall be given notice as herein  provided,  they  shall receive the same in proportion to the number of matriculated students in each  university,  college, school or institute who are pursuing courses of study in anatomy and surgery at the time of making the apportionment.