---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 35.16"
title: "42"
number: "35.16"
heading: "Autopsies and other post-mortem operations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/35.16"
---

# §35.16. Autopsies and other post-mortem operations.


Autopsies, or other post-mortem operations, including removal of tissue for transplanting, may be performed on the body of a deceased patient only by direction of the officer in charge and only if consented to in writing by a person authorized under the law of the State in which the station or hospital is located to permit an autopsy or such other post-mortem operation under the circumstances of the particular death involved. Restrictions or limitations imposed by the person consenting thereto on the extent of the autopsy or other post-mortem operation shall be observed. Documents embodying consent shall be made a part of the clinical record.


## Notes

### Amendments

[25 FR 6331, July 6, 1960]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 215, 58 Stat. 690, as amended; 42 U.S.C. 216, sec. 321, 53 Stat. 695, as amended; 42 U.S.C. 248, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 21 FR 9830, Dec. 12, 1956, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[25 FR 6331, July 6, 1960]