Title XII, PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

193.225. Methods of preserving records, requirements — certified reproductions accepted as originals — death record originals transferred to state archives. — To preserve vital records, the state registrar is authorized to prepare typewritten, photographic, electronic, or other r…

193.235. Probative value of delayed or altered certificates. — The probative value of a delayed or altered certificate shall be determined by the judicial or administrative body or official before whom the certificate is offered as evidence. ­­-------- (L. 1984 S.B. 574)

193.245. Inspection and copying of records, disclosure of information, unlawful unless authorized — authority. — It shall be unlawful for any person to permit inspection of, or to disclose information contained in, vital records or to copy or issue a copy of all or part of any su…

193.255. Certified copies of vital records, issuance — probative value — cooperation with federal agencies and other states — issuance of certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth, when. — 1. The state registrar and other custodians of vital records authorized by the state reg…

193.265. Fees for certification and other services — distribution — services free, when. — 1. For the issuance of a certification or copy of a death record, the applicant shall pay a fee of fourteen dollars for the first certification or copy and a fee of eleven dollars for each …

193.275. Records to be kept by institutions and others — period — power of registrar to demand information. — 1. Every person in charge of an institution shall keep a record of data concerning each person admitted or confined to such institution as may be required for the filing …

193.285. Local registrar's duties. — Local registrars shall transmit all certificates and reports filed with them to the state registrar in accordance with regulations of the department. ­­-------- (L. 1984 S.B. 574)

193.315. Acts which constitute crimes. — 1. Any person who knowingly makes any false statement in a certificate, record, or report required by this chapter or in an application for an amendment thereof, or in an application for a certified copy of a vital record, or who knowingly…

193.325. Application of law. — The provisions of sections 193.005 to 193.325 apply to all certificates of birth, death, marriage and reports of dissolution of marriage and spontaneous fetal death received by the department and in the custody of the state registrar or any other cu…

194.005. Death, legal definition. — For all legal purposes, the occurrence of human death shall be determined in accordance with the usual and customary standards of medical practice, provided that death shall not be determined to have occurred unless the following minimal condit…

194.010. Shipment by common carrier, rules. — The department of health and senior services shall issue regulations setting forth health and safety requirements for transporting dead human bodies that are placed on common carriers in the state of Missouri. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § …

194.105. Disinterment for transport to location outside original cemetery — notice, to whom. — In addition to any records filed pursuant to chapter 193, any person or owner or operator of any cemetery which removes any body which has been properly buried or interred for transport…

194.115. Autopsy — consent required — penalty for violation — availability of report, to whom. — 1. Except when ordered or directed by a public officer, court of record or agency authorized by law to order an autopsy or postmortem examination, it is unlawful for any licensed phys…

194.117. Sudden infant death — notification — autopsy by certified child death pathologist required, procedure, release to parents or guardian — cost, how paid — department of health and senior services duties — rules and regulations. — Any person who discovers the dead body of, …

194.119. Right of sepulcher, the right to choose and control final disposition of a dead human body. — 1. As used in this section, the term "right of sepulcher" means the right to choose and control the burial, cremation, or other final disposition of a dead human body. 2. For pu…

194.120. Missouri state anatomical board — members — responsibilities. — 1. That the heads of departments of anatomy, professors and associate professors of anatomy at the educational institutions of the state of Missouri which are now or may hereafter become incorporated, and in…

194.130. Meetings of board — organization — funds. — 1. Each educational institution entitled by sections 194.120 to 194.180 to receive dead human bodies shall have, through its representatives in attendance at the regular or called meetings of the board, one vote and no more on …

194.140. Acceptance of provisions of this law — bond — prohibited actions and penalties. — 1. The president and secretary, or the dean and registrar, of any educational institution in this state in which human anatomy is being investigated or taught, desiring to accept the provis…

194.150. Disposal of paupers' bodies. — 1. Superintendents or wardens of penitentiaries, houses of correction and bridewells, hospitals, insane asylums and poorhouses, and coroners, sheriffs, jailers, city and county undertakers, and all other state, county, town or city officers…

194.160. Distribution of bodies. — 1. The secretary of the board shall cause to be distributed the bodies aforesaid, to any of the educational institutions mentioned in section 194.120, upon the acceptance and compliance by said educational institution with the provisions of sect…

194.170. Autopsy not to be held, when. — Bodies required to be buried at public expense shall be under the exclusive custody and control of the board. It is hereby declared unlawful for any person or persons to hold any autopsy on any dead human body subject to the provisions of …

194.180. Penalty for violation. — Any person violating the provisions of sections 194.120 to 194.180, other than the provision named in section 194.140, for the violation of which special penalties are therein imposed, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction t…

194.197. Depth at which body is buried may be regulated. — The governing body of every county and every municipality of this state may regulate the depth at which a human body may be buried. ­­-------- (L. 1985 H.B. 677 § 1)

194.200. Disposition of a stillborn child, definitions, duties of hospital, duties of parents, collection of costs, penalties. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Final disposition", the burial, entombment, cremation, delivery to an educational or medical…

194.210. Definitions. — 1. Sections 194.210 to 194.294 may be cited as the "Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act". 2. As used in sections 194.210 to 194.294, the following terms mean: (1) "Adult", an individual who is at least eighteen years of age; (2) "Agent", an individual: (a)…

194.215. Applicability of law. — Sections 194.210 to 194.294 apply to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made. ­­-------- (L. 2008 S.B. 1139)

194.220. Registry to be established — gift may be made by whom. — 1. (1) The department of health and senior services shall establish or contract for the establishment of a first person consent organ and tissue donor registry. (2) The department of health and senior services and …

194.225. Procedure for making a gift — donor cards, requirements — gift made by will, effect of — registry authorized — website link. — 1. A donor may make an anatomical gift: (1) By authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be imp…

194.230. Amendment or revocation, procedure. — 1. Subject to section 194.240, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 194.220 may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by: (1) A record signed by: (a) The donor; (b) The other person; or (c) Subject…

194.235. Refusal to make a gift, evidenced how, requirements. — 1. An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part by: (1) A record signed by: (a) The individual; or (b) Subject to subsection 2 of this section, another individual acting at the…

194.240. Person other than donor barred from making, amending, or revoking donor's gift — revocation not a bar to making a gift — parent may revoke or amend a gift of a child. — 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7 of this section and subject to subsection 6 of this se…

194.245. Gift for transplantation, therapy, research, or education, priority list for persons making. — 1. Subject to subsections 2 and 3 of this section and unless barred by section 194.235 or 194.240, an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part for purposes of transplantati…

194.250. Document of gift, procedure. — 1. A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 194.245 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or that person's oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemp…

194.255. Persons eligible to receive gift in the document of gift — gifts not naming persons, effect of — refusal of gift required when. — 1. An anatomical gift may be made to the following persons named in the document of gift: (1) A hospital, accredited medical school, dental s…

194.260. Reasonable search to identify donors — immunity from liability, when. — 1. The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individua…

194.263. Delivery of document of gift not required — examination and copying of document permitted, when. — 1. A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective. 2. Upon or after an individual's death, a person in possession of a document of gif…

194.265. Referral to procurement organization, diligent search of donor registry required — reasonable examination of body parts permitted, when — search for minor's parents required, when — attending physician shall not procure, when. — 1. When a hospital refers an individual at…

194.270. Hospitals to enter into agreements with procurement organizations. — Each hospital in this state shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts. ­­-------- (L. 1969 S.B. 43 § 7, A.L. …

194.275. Purchase or sale of body parts for valuable consideration prohibited — penalty — definition. — 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of this section, a person that for valuable consideration knowingly purchases or sells a part for any purpose if removal of the …

194.280. Falsification of documents, penalty. — Any person that in order to obtain a financial gain knowingly falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal commits a felony and upon pleading…

194.285. Immunity from liability, when. — 1. A person that acts in accordance with sections 194.210 to 194.294 or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state that is not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 194.210 to 194.294 or attempts without negligence an…

194.290. Declarations and advance health care directives — definitions — gift in conflict with, donor or physician to resolve. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Advance health-care directive", a power of attorney for health care or a record signed or au…

194.292. Requirements for valid execution of a document of gift — presumption of validity, when — requirements for out-of-state execution of documents. — 1. A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with: (1) Sections 194.210 to 194.294; (2) The laws of the state or c…

194.293. Uniformity of law a consideration in construing statutory provisions. — In applying and construing sections 194.216* to 194.290, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. ­­---…

194.294. Effect of law on certain federal acts. — Sections 194.210 to 194.294 modify, limit, and supersede* the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001, et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(a) of that act, 15 U.S.…

194.295. Embalmers authorized to enucleate eyes, when. — Any embalmer, licensed under the provisions of chapter 333, who has successfully completed a course in eye enucleation conducted or certified by the department of ophthalmology of a college of medicine offering said course,…