North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 44 - POSTMORTEM MEDICOLEGAL EXAMINATION
Section .0400 - INVESTIGATIONAL PROCEDURES
Section 44 .0401 - UNCLAIMED BODIES

Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 44 .0401
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

The chief medical examiner shall retain charge or control of an unclaimed body for a period of ten days. During this period, reasonable effort shall be made to locate relatives of the decedent. After the search for relatives has been completed and the required ten day period has passed, each unclaimed body shall be disposed of by cremation. The ashes shall be retained in the control of the chief medical examiner for a period of three years. During this time appropriate family members of the decedent may claim and receive the ashes. At the end of the three years any unclaimed ashes shall be disposed of in an appropriate manner.

Authority G.S. 130A-381; 130A-393;
Eff. February 1, 1976;
Readopted Eff. December 5, 1977;
Amended Eff. January 1, 1984;
Transferred and Recodified from 10 NCAC 11 .0309 Eff. April 4, 1990;
Amended Eff. September 1, 1990;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. December 23, 2017.

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