{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-72.425","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 72.425","heading":"Consent to autopsy when death not a coroner's case.","body":"In the event the death of a person is not a coroner's case, consent to an autopsy shall be\nobtained from the decedent, by written consent, signed and acknowledged prior to his\ndeath; or his or her spouse; or in the absence of a spouse, the next of kin of t he decedent;\nor in the absence of any of the above, the person who assumes the responsibility to\ndispose of the body.","path":["KRS Chapter 72"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=24318","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:33Z","sha256":"7a24cf9d80f6631a26a93ff4b3d5479b6255bcae99592f2cfc72e72371e8f11c","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-72.420","next":"us-ky/krs-72.430"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}