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2 An act relating to unclaimed bodies; amending
3 s. 245.06, F.S.; providing procedures for
4 disposition of unclaimed bodies of veterans;
5 requiring that any contract for disposal of
6 unclaimed remains by a local governmental
7 entity provide for compliance with certain
8 state and federal regulations; providing an
9 effective date.
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11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1. Section 245.06, Florida Statutes, is
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15 245.06 Unclaimed dead bodies or human remains;
16 disposition, procedure.--All public officers, agents, or
17 employees of every county, city, village, town, or
18 municipality and every person in charge of any prison, morgue,
19 hospital, funeral parlor, or mortuary and all other persons
20 coming into possession, charge, or control of any dead human
21 body or remains which are is unclaimed or which are is
22 required to be buried or cremated at public expense are hereby
23 required to notify, immediately, the anatomical board,
24 whenever any such body, or bodies, or remains come into its
25 possession, charge, or control. Notification of the anatomical
26 board is not required if the death was caused by crushing
27 injury, the deceased had a contagious disease, an autopsy was
28 required to determine cause of death, the body was in a state
29 of severe decomposition, or a family member objects to use of
30 the body for medical education and research.
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1 (1) The person or entity in charge or control of the
2 dead body or human remains shall make a reasonable effort to
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4 (a) The identity of the deceased person body and shall
5 further make a reasonable effort to contact any relatives of
6 such deceased person.
7 (b) Whether or not the deceased person is entitled to
8 burial in a national cemetery as a veteran of the armed forces
9 and, if so, shall make arrangements for such burial services
10 in accordance with the provisions of 38 C.F.R. For purposes of
11 this subsection "a reasonable effort" includes contacting the
12 county veterans service office or regional office of the
13 United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
14 (2) Such dead human bodies as described in this
15 chapter shall be delivered to the anatomical board as soon as
16 possible after death.
17 (3) Nothing herein shall affect the right of a medical
18 examiner to hold such dead body or remains for the purpose of
19 investigating the cause of death, nor shall this chapter
20 affect the right of any court of competent jurisdiction to
21 enter an order affecting the disposition of such body or
22 remains.
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24 For purposes of this chapter, the term "anatomical board"
25 means the anatomical board of this state located at the
26 University of Florida Health Science Center.
27 Section 2. Any contract by a local governmental entity
28 for the disposal of unclaimed human remains must provide for
29 compliance with s. 245.06(1), Florida Statutes, and require
30 that the procedures in 38 C.F.R., relating to disposition of
31 unclaimed deceased veterans, be followed.
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1 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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