{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-58.780","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 58.780","heading":"Cooperation with procurement organization required — postmortem examination requirements — removal of body parts permitted, when.","body":"1. A coroner or medical examiner shall cooperate with a procurement organization to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.\n2. If a coroner or medical examiner 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 or medical examiner and a postmortem examination is going to be performed, unless the coroner or medical examiner denies recovery in accordance with section 58.785, the coroner or medical examiner or designee shall conduct a postmortem examination of the body or the part in a manner and within a time period compatible with its preservation for the purposes of the gift.\n3. A part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of a coroner or medical examiner 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 or medical examiner 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 or medical examiner from performing the medicolegal investigation upon the body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner or medical examiner.","path":["Title VI - COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT","Chapter 58 - Coroners and Inquests"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=58.780","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:24Z","sha256":"57f9aab633ad666b9ac6646168e581e4047f4ae5711f012966222b380b9aa82b","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-58.775","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-58.785"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}