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Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-17-701. Definition--Rights of coroner, justice of the peace, or courts unaffected

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) As used in this subchapter:

(1) “Medical school” means a medical school or school of osteopathic medicine in this state that is:

(A) Accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education; or

(B) Approved by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board to seek accreditation by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education;

(2) “Next of kin” means a spouse, parent, child, sibling, or person otherwise authorized under § 20-17-702;

(3) “Unclaimed body” means a human body for which the next of kin:

(A) Cannot be located; or

(B) Does not exercise his or her right of disposition within the earlier of:

(i) Two (2) days of notification of the death of the deceased; or

(ii) Five (5) days of the death of the deceased; and

(4) “Unclaimed remains” means the cremated remains of an unclaimed body.

(b) This subchapter does not affect the right of a coroner to hold the dead body as described under § 20-17-703 for the purpose of investigating the cause of death or affect the right of any court of competent jurisdiction to enter an order affecting the disposition of the body.

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