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urn: urn:us-la:rs:17:2272
citation: "R.S. 17:2272"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 17 › Chapter 12 › Part I"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1960, number: 131, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
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# Purposes for which created

The anatomical board is created for the purpose of regulating the collection, storage and distribution of unclaimed bodies of deceased persons required to be buried at public expense, or parts or organs of such bodies, for the purpose of advancing medical science.