20 Pa.C.S. § 8665: Funeral establishments.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES
- CHAPTER 86 ANATOMICAL GIFTS
- SUBCHAPTER D HANDS, FACIAL TISSUE, LIMBS AND OTHER VASCULARIZED COMPOSITE ALLOGRAFTS
(a) General rule.--Except as set forth in subsection (b), a funeral director or a funeral establishment shall not:
(1) remove vascularized composite allografts from a corpse;
(2) permit others to remove vascularized composite allografts from a corpse; or
(3) use funeral establishment facilities to remove vascularized composite allografts from a corpse.
(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply and removal is permissible if the removal is:
(1) necessary to perform embalming or other services in preparation for burial or cremation; and
(2) authorized in writing by a family member or guardian.
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