Document Citation: 28 Pa. Code § 125.14

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PENNSYLVANIA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Codes
TITLE 28. HEALTH AND SAFETY
PART IV. HEALTH FACILITIES
SUBPART B. GENERAL AND SPECIAL HOSPITALS
CHAPTER 125. LABORATORY SERVICES
NECROPSY SERVICES

Date:
08/31/2009

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§ 125.14. Removal of a dead body from patient unit to morgue

(a) The remains of a deceased patient shall not be removed to a morgue or storage area until a physician has conducted an examination, has pronounced death, and has authenticated the time and provisional diagnosis or final cause of death in the patient's medical records.

(b) The remains of deceased patients shall be prepared for removal from clinical areas in accordance with hospital procedures. Terminal disinfection of the remains of persons who died of a reportable contagious disease shall be in accordance with the applicable instructions in § 27.60 (relating to disease control measures).

(c) Bodies of patients who have died of any reportable communicable disease specified in § 27.203 (relating to preparation for burial or transportation of deceased human bodies) shall bear appropriate warning labels.

(d) Radiological cadavers shall bear proper warning labels and be handled according to applicable standards of the Department of Environmental Protection and the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission.