Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.10202 (2026)

Removal of cornea; circumstances.

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PUBLIC HEALTH CODE

Act 368 of 1978

333.10202 Removal of cornea; circumstances.

Sec. 10202.

(1) In any case in which an autopsy is to be done by a county medical examiner or a county medical examiner causes an autopsy to be done, the cornea of the deceased person may be removed by a person authorized by the county medical examiner.

(2) Removal under subsection (1) may be made only under the following circumstances:

(a) An autopsy has already been authorized by the county medical examiner.

(b) The county medical examiner does not have knowledge of an objection by the next of kin of the decedent to the removal of the cornea.

(c) The removal of the cornea will not interfere with the course of any subsequent investigation or autopsy or alter post-mortem facial appearance.

History: Add. 1979, Act 32, Imd. Eff. June 19, 1979 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 158, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1982

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Act 368

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1984–1999 · leading case: Dampier v. Wayne Cnty., 592 N.W.2d 809 (Mich. Ct. App. 1999).

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Dampier v. Wayne Cnty., 592 N.W.2d 809 (Mich. Ct. App. 1999). “at 1486-1487, the plaintiffs argued, pursuant to 42 USC 1983, that they had been deprived of federal constitutional property rights in the corneas of their decedents because the corneas were removed without their consent pursuant to Michigan’s Anatomical Gifts Act, MCL…”

Tillman v. Detroit Receiving Hosp., 360 N.W.2d 275 (Mich. Ct. App. 1984). “” MCL 333.10202; MSA 14.15(10202). "The county medical examiner, the assistant county medical examiner, a bank or storage facility, or any person authorized by the county medical examiner to remove the cornea of a deceased person, shall not be liable in a civil action if it is…”

Whaley v. Cnty. of Saginaw, 941 F. Supp. 1483 (E.D. Mich. 1996). “§ 333.10202. The Sixth Circuit, in Whaley v.”

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