{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-3241","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 65-3241","heading":"Cooperation between coroner and procurement organization.","body":"(a) A coroner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.\n(b) If a coroner receives notice from a procurement organization that an anatomical gift might be available or was made with respect to a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner and a post-mortem examination is going to be performed, unless the coroner denies recovery in accordance with K.S.A. 65-3242, and amendments thereto, the coroner or designee shall conduct a post-mortem examination of the body or the part in a manner and within a period compatible with its preservation for the purposes of the gift.\n(c) A part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of a coroner for transplantation, therapy, research, or education unless the part is the subject of an anatomical gift. The body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner may not be delivered to a person for research or education unless the body is the subject of an anatomical gift. This subsection does not preclude a coroner from performing the medicolegal investigation upon the body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner.","path":["Chapter 65.—PUBLIC HEALTH","Article 32.—ANATOMICAL GIFTS AND ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch65/065_032_0041.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:24:01Z","sha256":"68318f860871625b6d8d379c06bc7a6852e4563dc2cba6689e8e0831fa48e1f2","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-3240","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-3242"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}