Arizona Laws 36-806. Bodies not subject to disposition under this article
A. This article shall not apply:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-806
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215
1. To bodies of persons who have died with smallpox, diphtheria or scarlet fever.
2. If the deceased person during his last illness, without suggestion or solicitation, requested to be buried or cremated.
3. If within twenty-four hours after death or before actual delivery, whichever is longer, a person claiming to be and satisfying the officer in charge of the body that he is of kindred or is related by marriage to the deceased or a duly authorized representative thereof, shall claim the body for burial or cremation or request in writing that it be buried at public expense.
4. If within the time specified in paragraph 3 of this subsection a person claiming to be and satisfying the officer in charge of the body that he is a friend of the deceased, arranges to have the body properly buried or cremated without public expense.
B. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent any hospital, duly incorporated college or university or any duly licensed physician, surgeon or dentist from acquiring by gift or otherwise from persons having lawful authority to dispose thereof, the dead body of a human being for the purpose of post mortem examinations, dissection or other scientific use.