LAC 48:I.703. Bureau of Anatomical Services

A. Upon receipt of this notice, the BAS may accept the unclaimed body solely for the purposes of promoting anatomical knowledge and research and organ transplant. BAS may authorize immediate eye enucleation from any body made available to it. Expenses incurred in connection with the notice or delivery and transportation of bodies are paid by the BAS. The bureau distributes bodies to Louisiana medical and dental schools and the schools must hold any body received from BAS for at least 90 days during which time any friend or relative of the decedent may claim the body for burial. B. In the event the BAS declines to accept the body, and the body remains unclaimed, the institution would then notify the coroner and the coroner would arrange for burial. Coroners may also authorize eye enucleation from unclaimed bodies (R.S. 17:2352, 2354.1 and 33.1561).