The RAJASTHAN ANATOMY ACT, 1986
The RAJASTHAN ANATOMY ACT, 1986
The Rajasthan Anatomy Act, 1986, regulates the use of unclaimed dead bodies for medical education, research, and therapeutic purposes in the state of Rajasthan. It applies to hospitals, prisons, police officers, and designated medical and ayurvedic teaching institutions. Under the law, if a body remains unclaimed by relatives or community members for seven days, authorized officers can transfer it to medical colleges. This legislation matters because it provides a legal, ethical source of human bodies for anatomical study or dissection, thereby bolstering clinical training and healthcare development in the region while successfully preventing the illegal disposal of unclaimed deceased individuals.
- 1. Short title and commencement
- 2. Definitions-
- 3. Power of State Government to appoint Authorised Officers
- 4. Unclaimed bodies to be used for therapeutic purposes or anatomical examination
- 5. Doubt or disputes as to near relatives to be referred to the officer appointed by the State Government
- 6. Penalty
- 7. Duty of Police and other Officers to assist in obtaining possession of unclaimed bodies
- 8. Protection of persons acting under this Act
- 9. Officers to be public servants
- 10. Power to make rules
- 11. Repeal and Savings
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