(1) An institution that uses a body for ongoing research pursuant to ORS § 97.170 shall bury respectfully or cremate or reduce the remains upon completion of use. If the institution cremates or reduces the remains, the institution shall deliver the cremated or reduced remains to a relative of the deceased person if a relative is known to the institution. If no relative is known to the institution, the institution shall hold the cremated or reduced remains for three years after cremation or reduction and may then dispose of the cremated or reduced remains in a respectful manner. The institution shall pay burial, cremation, reduction, storage and delivery expenses for a body the institution used pursuant to ORS § 97.170.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, an institution that uses a body pursuant to ORS § 97.170 only for instruction on preservation of a body shall, upon completion of use, return the body to the funeral establishment from where the institution received the body. [Amended by 2015 c.651 § 4; 2021 c.296 § 9]