Autopsy.

1. An autopsy or postmortem examination may be performed upon the body of a deceased person by a physician whenever the written consent to the examination or autopsy has been obtained from the person authorized to control the deceased person’s remains under section 144C.5 . 2. This section does not apply to any death investigated under the authority of sections 331.802 through 331.804 . [C75, 77, 79, 81 , S81, §144.56 ; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1207 ] 2008 Acts, ch 1051, §3, 22 ; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §76 Referred to in §144.57