Nevada Revised Statutes Title 40. Public Health and Safety § 451.010. Dissection of dead human bodies: Limitations; penalty

(a) Specially provided by statute or by the direction or will of the deceased.

(b) Where a coroner is authorized under NRS 259.050 or an ordinance enacted pursuant to NRS 244.163 to hold an inquest upon the body, and then only as the coroner may authorize dissection.

(c) Where the spouse or next of kin charged by law with the duty of burial authorize dissection for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of death, and then only to the extent so authorized.

(d) Where authorized by the provisions of NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive.