Section 4212. Cadavers; unclaimed; delivery to schools; procedure

1. (a) A
  university, college, school or institute desiring to avail itself of the
  provisions of section forty-two hundred  eleven  of  this  title,  shall
  notify  the  person having lawful possession, charge, custody or control
  of the body of the deceased person in the county where such  university,
  college,  school or institute is situated and in any other county in the
  state in which no medical college, school, institute  or  university  is
  situated,  of  such  desire.  Thereafter,  the person having possession,
  charge, custody or control of the body  of  the  deceased  person  shall
  notify  the  proper  officer  of  the  university,  college,  school  or
  institute whenever there is any such dead body in his or her possession,
  charge, custody or control which may be delivered  or  released  to  and
  received by such university, college, school or institute, and he or she
  shall  deliver  or  release  same to such university, college, school or
  institute.
    (b) Except as provided in section forty-two hundred ten of this title,
  no autopsy or dissection shall be performed on any such  unclaimed  dead
  body by any such person having possession, charge, custody or control of
  such  body  prior  to  the  expiration  of  the  fourth  day  after such
  notification or where such notification is made by  mail  prior  to  the
  expiration of the eighth day after such notification is postmarked.
    2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the person having lawful possession,
  charge, custody or control of bodies of  deceased  persons,  to  keep  a
  record  in  a  bound  book  of  any  and  all bodies of deceased persons
  thereafter coming into his or her possession, charge, custody or control
  and of the disposition made of said bodies, showing (a) the name of  the
  deceased  person,  if  known, (b) the dates of death and burial or other
  lawful disposition, if known, (c) the names and places of  residence  of
  relatives  of  the deceased person, if known, (d) the name of the person
  who claimed the body of the  deceased  person  for  interment  or  other
  lawful  disposition,  (e) the name of the university, college, school or
  institute to whom the body of  the  deceased  person  was  delivered  or
  released,  and  (f)  the opposition of the deceased to the dissection or
  autopsy of his or her  body  as  indicated  by  an  identification  card
  carried  upon  his  or her person. This record book shall be open to the
  inspection of the officers and agents of universities, colleges, schools
  or institutes entitled to receive bodies of deceased persons.
    3. If two or more universities, colleges, schools  or  institutes  are
  entitled  to  receive bodies of deceased persons under the provisions of
  this article and shall be given notice as herein  provided,  they  shall
  receive the same in proportion to the number of matriculated students in
  each  university,  college, school or institute who are pursuing courses
  of study in anatomy and surgery at the time of making the apportionment.