Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-396.20
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Suspicion of crime - Embalming body without permission
Official statutory text
unlawful.
It shall be unlawful to embalm a dead human body when any fact
within the knowledge or brought to the attention of the embalmer is
sufficient to arouse suspicion of crime in connection with the cause
of death of the deceased, until permission of the Chief Medical
Examiner has been first obtained.
It shall be unlawful to embalm a dead human body when any fact
within the knowledge or brought to the attention of the embalmer is
sufficient to arouse suspicion of crime in connection with the cause
of death of the deceased, until permission of the Chief Medical
Examiner has been first obtained.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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