§ 5-506. Control of body by health officer

   (a) Power of health officer. -- A health officer may take control of a body that is being kept in a room where an individual lives and that is in a condition that endangers an individual in the house where the body is kept if:

   (1) At least 3 individuals living near the house or a physician asks the health officer, in writing, to order final disposition of the body;

   (2) The health officer issues an order for final disposition, within a time period stated in the order; and

   (3) Final disposition of the body is not made within that time.

(b) Prohibited act. -- A person may not obstruct the carrying out of an order of a health officer under this section.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 62; 1982, ch. 21, § 2.