10A NCAC 39B .0110. DISTRIBUTION OF BODIES IN THE CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSION

Bodies in the custody of the Commission of Anatomy, irrespective of place of storage shall be distributed equitably in respect to documented need:

(1)           Need

(a)           Need for bodies in a medical school is defined as a need not met by the supply of bodies donated to that institution.

(b)           Not later than May 31 of each year each medical school shall report to the chairman of the Commission the number of bodies required for the coming academic year in that school.  This annual statement is to show total numbers of bodies required, and the numbers required for different categories of students and the enrollments expected.  These statements shall be collated by the chairman of the Commission, and a collated statement shall be distributed to all members of the Commission to serve as a guide in anticipating problems in distribution.

(2)           Distribution

(a)           When in any year is happens that a medical school has in storage a number of bodies donated to that institution plus bodies being stored for the Commission which is sufficient to meet the requirements of that school and no transfer of bodies is necessary to meet the requirements of any medical schools in the state, the chairman of the Commission is authorized, without calling a meeting of the Commission, to allocate from among the bodies being stored in a school in the name of the Commission the number needed by that school for that year.  The chairman shall maintain records of such allocations for the Commission.

(b)           When in any year the statewide supply of bodies under control of the Commission is adequate to meet statewide need but the number stored in one or more of the medical schools is insufficient to meet the needs of such schools, the chairman acting for the Commission shall authorize transfer of the required number of bodies to these schools and maintain records of such transfers.

(c)           When in any year the statewide supply of bodies under the control of the Commis­sion is in­suf­fi­cient to meet statewide needs, the bodies under the control of the Commission shall be distributed equitably, so far as is practicable, in respect to need; all of the medical schools will share equitably in the shortage to the extent that sharing is practicable.

(d)           When in any year the statewide supply of bodies is in excess of the requirements of all of the medical schools, the Commission may, with due regard to future needs of the medical schools, allocate bodies or parts of bodies to hospitals, private physicians, dentists, or other health professionals or institutions needing such bodies or parts of bodies for anatomical study.  When the need of these persons, institu­tions, or agencies for materials for anatomical study can be met with parts of bodies or autopsied bodies, the Commission directs the use of such material in preference to intact bodies.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 130A‑416;

Eff. November 1, 1977;

Transferred and Recodified from 10 NCAC 8I .0013 Eff. April 4, 1990.