Washington § 68.50.080 - Certificate and bond before receiving bodies.

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§ 68.50.080. Certificate and bond before receiving bodies.

Every physician or surgeon before receiving the dead body must give to the board or officer surrendering the same to him or her a certificate from the medical society of the county in which he or she resides, or if there is none, from the board of supervisors of the same, that he or she is a fit person to receive such dead body. He or she must also give a bond with two sureties, that each body so by him or her received will be used only for the promotion of anatomical science, and that it will be used for such purpose in this state only, and so as in no event to outrage the public feeling.
[ 2012 c 117 s 316; 1891 c 123 s 3; RRS s 10028. Formerly RCW 68.08.080.]

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