901 KAR 5:100.
Cadavers.
RELATES TO: KRS
Chapter 213
STATUTORY
AUTHORITY: KRS 194.050, 211.090, 311.310, 311.165-311.247
NECESSITY,
FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS Chapter 213, relating to Vital Statistics,
authorizes the Cabinet for Human Resources to regulate the transportation,
disposal and interment of dead bodies and the use of dead bodies or parts
thereof for educational and scientific purposes. The purpose of this
administrative regulation is to regulate, except as otherwise provided by law,
the transportation, use, disposal and interment of dead bodies brought into
this state from another state for educational or scientific purposes.
Section 1.
Approval Required for Importation of Dead Body Into State for Educational or
Scientific Purposes; Exceptions. (1) Except as otherwise authorized by
subsection (6) of this section, no person shall transport into this state, a
dead body or part thereof, for educational or scientific purposes without first
obtaining the prior approval of the Cabinet for Human Resources.
(2) An applicant
desiring to transport a dead body or part thereof into this state for
educational or scientific purposes shall file a notarized application with the
cabinet setting forth the proposed use, need, qualifications of personnel and
adequacy of equipment and facilities.
(3) Upon receipt
of the notarized application the cabinet shall cause an investigation to be
made to determine the proposed use, need, qualifications of personnel and the
adequacy of equipment and facilities.
(4) The
Secretary for Human Resources shall, on the basis of his investigation, either
grant or deny the application. In the event the application is approved, the
secretary shall in accordance with KRS 311.310 require the applicant to post a
bond in the sum of $1,000 conditioned upon compliance with the terms of this
administrative regulation and the lawful use and disposition of any dead bodies
or parts thereof that may be received by the applicant.
(5) After the
use of the dead bodies or parts thereof has been completed as approved by the
cabinet, such bodies or parts thereof shall be disposed of as set forth in the
approved application, or as otherwise authorized by law. A special transit
permit shall be obtained for the transportation of such dead bodies or parts
thereof from the Cabinet for Human Resources.
(6) This
administrative regulation shall not restrict the importation and use of dead
bodies for educational or scientific purposes by any state publicly funded,
accredited medical school located in Kentucky, nor the importation and use of
any dead body or part thereof, the donation of which was made pursuant to the
Kentucky Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, KRS 311.165 to 311.247, or as may be
otherwise authorized by law.
Section 2.
Facility Requirements. An applicant for approval to import a dead body into
this state for educational or scientific purposes shall meet the following
facility requirements:
(1) Comply with
applicable state and local fire safety, housing and plumbing codes as evidenced
by written approvals from appropriate governmental agencies;
(2) Maintain all
facilities in a sanitary condition;
(3) Maintain
strict rules of privacy and allow no one in the area in which a dead human body
is being dissected or stored except for faculty and duly registered students of
the facility or authorized personnel;
(4) Store all
cadavers by use of one (1) of the following methods:
(a) In covered
vats or tanks submersed in a preservative acceptable to the cabinet;
(b) Wrapped in
gauze or similar material, after embalming, soaked with formalin or other
acceptable preservative, and stored in a morgue type refrigeration unit or
equivalent with a temperature range of thirty-eight (38) to forty (40) degrees
Fahrenheit.
(c) Enclosed in
sealed plastic bags, after embalming; or
(d) By other
means which would be acceptable to the cabinet.
(5) Provide
outside ventilation, including continuous air changes and mechanical power to
provide sufficient air movement to rooms housing cadaver storage vents, tanks
or refrigeration units;
(6) Provide
security to all storage areas at all times;
(7) Provide a
dissection area that shall contain:
(a) A minimum of
100 square feet of floor area with a minimum room area of 180 square feet,
exclusive of cadaver storage space;
(b) Flooring
constructed of terrazzo, tile, concrete or other waterproof or impervious
material from wall to wall;
(c) Dissection
table with stainless steel top with rolled edge and drainage;
(d) Ventilation
to outside of building with mechanical power sufficient to provide adequate air
movement;
(e) Lighting at
the table level of not less than 1,000 foot candles;
(f) Adequate
electrical outlets including outlets in proximity to dissection table;
(g) Slop sink
with running water and adequate drainage;
(h) Storage area
for supplies and equipment;
(i) Work counter
with sink equipped for hand washing; and
(j) Sanitary
waste receptacle. (6 Ky.R. 104; eff. 9-5-79; Am. 16 Ky.R. 935; eff. 1-12-90.)