North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 28 - MENTAL HEALTH, STATE OPERATED FACILITIES AND SERVICES
Subchapter B - CIVIL AND LEGAL RIGHTS
Section .0200 - LEGAL RIGHTS
Section 28B .0208 - DEATHS AND AUTOPSIES
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) The State Facility Director shall adopt a written policy, available to the client upon request, specifying procedures to be taken upon the death of a client which shall provide for:
(b) A competent client, or incompetent adult client or minor client through his legally responsible person, has the right to prearrange his funeral at no expense to the state.
(c) No autopsy shall be performed on the body of a deceased client unless permission has been given for the autopsy by the appropriate person as specified in G.S. 130A-398 or unless such autopsy is otherwise required or permitted by law as specified in G.S. 130A-389, 130A-399 or 130A-400.
Authority
G.S.
130A-383;
130A-389;
130A-398 through
130A-400;
130A-415;
143B-147;
Eff.
October 1, 1984;
Amended Eff. April 1, 1990; July 1,
1989;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. March 6,
2018.