Nothing contained in §§ 34-26-8 to 34-26-11 , inclusive, shall preclude the officers of the state hospitals for the mentally ill from using the unclaimed remains of patients dying in such hospitals to make autopsies for pathological study. Source: SL 1909, ch 278 , § 4; RC 1919, § 5595; SDC 1939, § 15.1104.
Autopsies at hospitals for the mentally ill
SDCL § 34-26-12 — under CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS.
SDCL § 34-26-12