07 LC 37
0287
Senate
Bill 204
By:
Senators Thomas of the 54th, Balfour of the 9th, Unterman of the 45th, Schaefer
of the 50th, Hawkins of the 49th and others
AS
PASSED SENATE
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 2 of Chapter 21 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to disposition of unclaimed dead bodies, so as to change
certain provisions relating to the board for distribution and delivery of dead
bodies; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for
other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
2 of Chapter 21 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to disposition of unclaimed dead bodies, is amended by revising Code Section
31-21-20 to read as follows:
"31-21-20.
Professors
and demonstrators of anatomy and the deans of medical and dental colleges
incorporated under the laws of this state shall constitute a board
for
The academic
deans of medical, osteopathic medical, and dental colleges or a representative
appointed by the president of such schools incorporated under the laws of this
state or otherwise operating in this state with authorization from the Nonpublic
Postsecondary Education Commission shall constitute the Board for the
Distribution of Cadavers to expedite the
distribution and delivery of dead bodies described in Code Section 31-21-21 to
and among such institutions as are entitled thereto. This board shall have
power to establish rules and regulations for its governance and to appoint and
remove its officers and shall keep minutes of its transactions. Records shall
be kept, under its direction, of all bodies received and
distributed,
both from within and without this state,
and of the persons or institutions to whom they may be distributed, which
records shall be open at all times to the inspection of members of this board,
any district attorney, or prosecuting attorney of any city or state court.
The board
shall appoint a member of the board to be chairperson, and such member shall
call at least one meeting per year to carry out the responsibilities of the
board. For the purposes of this article, the term 'board' shall mean the Board
for the Distribution of
Cadavers."
SECTION
2.
Said
article is further amended by revising Code Section 31-21-25 to read as
follows:
"31-21-25.
No
school or college shall be allowed or permitted to receive any body or bodies
described in Code Section 31-21-21 until a bond shall have been given to the
Governor
Department of
Human Resources by or in behalf of the
school or college by its authorized officers, to be approved by the clerk of the
superior court of the county in which the school or college is situated and to
be filed in the office of such clerk. The bond shall be in the sum of $5,000.00
and shall be conditioned that the body or bodies received thereafter by the
school or college shall be used only in the manner specified in this article and
solely for the promotion of medical science in this state. Actions thereon shall
be in the name of the
Governor
Department of
Human Resources, and any sums recovered
shall be deposited in the state treasury."
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.