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Pennsylvania · Through 2026-03-18 (Statute Update stamp, 20 Pa.C.S.)

20 Pa.C.S. § 8665: Funeral establishments.

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  1. Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES
  2. CHAPTER 86 ANATOMICAL GIFTS
  3. 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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