Michigan Laws 333.10202 – Removal of cornea; circumstances
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(1) In any case in which an autopsy is to be done by a county medical examiner or a county medical examiner causes an autopsy to be done, the cornea of the deceased person may be removed by a person authorized by the county medical examiner.
(2) Removal under subsection (1) may be made only under the following circumstances:
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 333.10202
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Next of kin: means the spouse of a deceased individual or a person related to a deceased individual within the third degree of consanguinity as determined by the civil law method. See Michigan Laws 333.10201
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
(a) An autopsy has already been authorized by the county medical examiner.
(b) The county medical examiner does not have knowledge of an objection by the next of kin of the decedent to the removal of the cornea.
(c) The removal of the cornea will not interfere with the course of any subsequent investigation or autopsy or alter post-mortem facial appearance.