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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80997</law_id><section_number>32.1-298</section_number><catch_line>Notification of Commissioner and delivery of bodies</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>32.1-299</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="32.1">Health</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="8">Postmortem Examinations and Services</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Use of Dead Human Bodies for Scientific Study</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> having charge or control of any dead human body that has been lawfully donated for scientific study shall notify the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> whenever and as soon as any such body comes to his <span class="dictionary">possession</span>, charge, or control and shall, without fee or reward, permit the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> or his agents to remove such body, to be used for the advancement of health science.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 32-356; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1979, c. 711; 2014, cc. 228, 583.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
