N.Y. Public Health Law § 4210-b: Certain unauthorized autopsies

§ 4210-b. Certain unauthorized autopsies. A person authorized by law

to perform a dissection or autopsy who acts in good faith in accordance

with the terms of this article but is unaware of the existence of an

identification card indicating the decedent's opposition to the

dissection or autopsy of his body after a routine examination of the

decedent and his effects has been conducted shall not be subjected to

prosecution in any criminal proceeding nor held liable for damages in

any civil action for his involvement in such an unauthorized autopsy.