Iowa Code > Chapter 142 – Dead Bodies for Scientific Purposes


§ 142.1	Delivery of bodies
§ 142.2	Furnished to physicians
§ 142.3	Notification of department
§ 142.4	Surrender to relatives
§ 142.5	Disposition after dissection
§ 142.6	Record of receipt
§ 142.7	Record and bodies
§ 142.8	Purpose for which body used
§ 142.9	Failure to deliver dead body
§ 142.10	Use without proper record
§ 142.11	Penalties
§ 142.13	Burial in private cemetery lot

Department: means the Iowa department of public health. See Iowa Code 154A.1
Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Misdemeanor: Usually a petty offense, a less serious crime than a felony, punishable by less than a year of confinement.
Person: means a natural person. See Iowa Code 154A.1
State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Iowa Code 152E.3