Section 34-26-12 - Autopsies at hospitals for the mentally ill

34-26-12. Autopsies at hospitals for the mentally ill.Nothing contained in §§34-26-8 to 34-26-11, inclusive, shall preclude the officers of the state hospitals for the mentally ill from using the unclaimed remains of patients dying in such hospitals to make autopsies for pathological study. Source: SL 1909, ch 278, §4; RC 1919, §5595; SDC 1939, §15.1104.