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Anatomy Act

R.R.O. 1990, REGULATION 21

Amended to O. Reg. 37/05

GENERAL

Historical version for the period February 18, 2005 to June 13, 2006.

This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.

1. The following are designated as schools for the purposes of the Act:

1. Queen’s University — Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology

2. University of Ottawa — Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology

3. University of Toronto — Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology

4. University of Western Ontario — Department of Anatomy

5. Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College — Department of Anatomy

6. University of Guelph — Section of Human Anatomy

7. McMaster University — Education Programme in Anatomy

8. University of Waterloo — Section of Human Anatomy

9. Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology — Human Anatomy Section. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 21, s. 1; O. Reg. 772/94, s. 1.

2. (1) Each school shall keep, in the forms approved by the Minister, the following records:

1. Every certificate for anatomical dissection of an unclaimed body received by the school.

2. Every certificate for anatomical dissection of a donated body received by the school.

3. A copy of every receipt for a body completed by the school.

4. Every notice of disposal of a body completed by the school.

5. Every identification tag attached to a body received by the school.

6. An antero posterior photograph and a lateral photograph of the face of each unclaimed body received by the school.

7. A complete set of fingerprints of each unclaimed body received by the school. O. Reg. 258/99, s. 1.

(1.1) Each school shall keep the following additional records:

1. Every consent given under the Human Tissue Gift Act for use after death of a body received by the school.

2. The burial permit required in connection with the disposal of a body under the Vital Statistics Act. O. Reg. 258/99, s. 1.

(2) Each school is required to retain each record referred to in subsection (1) for a period of ten years following the date on which the record is made but may dispose of the record upon the expiry of that period. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 21, s. 2 (2).

3. Every local inspector shall ensure that a donated body information report, in a form approved by the Minister, is completed and kept on file in his or her office. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 21, s. 3; O. Reg. 258/99, s. 2.

4. Where a local inspector has caused an unclaimed body under his or her control to be delivered to a school, the local inspector shall complete and forward to the school a certificate for anatomical dissection of an unclaimed body, in a form approved by the Minister. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 21, s. 4; O. Reg. 258/99, s. 3.

5. Where a local inspector has been notified, under subsection 5 (2) of the Act, of a body received for the purposes of anatomical dissection, the local inspector shall, after having obtained the particulars he or she requires, complete and forward to the school a certificate for anatomical dissection of a donated body, in a form approved by the Minister. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 21, s. 5; O. Reg. 258/99, s. 4.

6. The professor of anatomy, or his or her agent, of a school to which an unclaimed or donated body has been delivered shall complete a receipt for the body, in a form approved by the Minister and shall forward a copy of the receipt to the local inspector and the general inspector. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 21, s. 6; O. Reg. 258/99, s. 5.

7. Every local inspector or coroner, as the case may be, shall ensure that there is completed and filed in his or her office a report of an unclaimed body, in a form approved by the Minister, in respect of every unclaimed body under the control of the local inspector or coroner, as the case may be. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 21, s. 7; O. Reg. 258/99, s. 6.

8. Every local inspector or coroner, as the case may be, shall complete and forward to the clerk of the municipal corporation a report and warrant to dispose of an unclaimed body, in a form approved by the Minister, in respect of every unclaimed body to be disposed of at the expense of the municipal corporation under section 11 of the Act. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 21, s. 8; O. Reg. 258/99, s. 7.

9. The professor of anatomy, or his or her agent, of a school shall complete and forward to the general inspector a notice of disposal of a body, in a form approved by the Minister, in respect of every body to be disposed of by the school. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 21, s. 9; O. Reg. 258/99, s. 8.

10. Every local inspector or coroner, as the case may be, or his or her agent shall ensure that there is attached to the neck and to a toe of each donated body and of each unclaimed body an identification tag in a form approved by the Minister, before the body is delivered to a school. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 21, s. 10; O. Reg. 258/99, s. 9.

11. Every local inspector or coroner, as the case may be, shall complete and forward to the person in charge of a public morgue or private morgue, as the case may be, for the municipality in which a body is found an order for storage of a body, in a form approved by the Minister. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 21, s. 11; O. Reg. 258/99, s. 10.

12. The general inspector shall submit to the Solicitor General, on or before the 30th day of March in each year, an annual report for the preceding year. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 21, s. 12.

13. The general inspector shall ensure that a register of all bodies reported to him or her under the Act and this Regulation is kept. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 21, s. 13.

14. There shall be paid to a local inspector by a school a fee of $40 for each body delivered to the school by the inspector. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 21, s. 14.

15. There shall be paid to a local inspector or coroner by a municipality a fee of $40 for each body disposed of by the municipal corporation under section 11 of the Act. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 21, s. 15.

16. On or before the 3lst day of January in each year, each school shall pay to the general inspector a fee of $200. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 21, s. 16.

FORMS 1-9 Revoked: O. Reg. 258/99, s. 11.