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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="5-501" title_number="5" title_name="Death" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Consent for a postmortem examination of a body by a physician is sufficient if the consent is given as provided in this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The consent may be given by any one of the following persons if that person, whether alone or with another, has assumed control of the body for its final disposition:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A parent;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A spouse;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A domestic partner;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A child;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>A guardian;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>A next of kin; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>In the absence of these persons, any other person.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a person does not assume control of a body under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the consent may be given by the State Anatomy Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The consent may be in the form of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A written document;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A telegram; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A recorded telephonic or other recorded message.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
