C-68.01 - Coroners Act

Section 76.1 Disposition versions

2022-11-01

76.1. A physician who performs an autopsy at the request of a coroner and who preserves an organ or tissue for the purposes of an expertise shall notify the coroner so that the latter may inform the person who claims the body.

The organ or tissue is disposed of with biomedical waste if

(1)  no one has claimed the body;

(2)  the person who claimed the body has expressed the intention not to recover the organ or tissue; or

(3)  the person who claimed the body has not recovered the organ or tissue within 30 days after being informed by a notice sent to his last known address that it is no longer required.

If a deceased person’s identity cannot be established, an organ or tissue sample is preserved at the coroner’s request for the purposes of the person’s future identification.

2020, c. 20, s. 23.