RULES SUPPLEMENT TO PART - I

EXTRAORDINARY

OF

THE TELANGANA GAZETTE

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 20] HYDERABAD, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2022.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

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HEALTH, MEDICAL AND FAMILY WELFARE

DEPARTMENT

(F1)

THE TELANGANA PATHOLOGY AND ANATOMY RULES, 2022.

[G.O.Ms.No.134, Health, Medical and Family Welfare (F1),

1^st October, 2022.]

In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 9 of the Telangana

Pathology and Anatomy Act, 1955 (Act No.X of 1955), the Governor of

Telangana hereby makes the following rules:-

The Telangana Pathology and Anatomy Rules, 2022.

1.

Short title - These rules may be called the Telangana Pathology and

Anatomy Rules, 2022.

2.

Definitions - In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires -

a)

“Act” means the Telangana Pathology and Anatomy Act, 1955,

(Act No. X of 1955); and

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b)

“Section” means a section of the Act.

3.

Time limit to claim a Body by any of his / her near relatives -

The body of deceased who has a near relative shall be considered to be

unclaimed if the same is not claimed by any of his near relatives within a

period of 12 hours of the death.

However, a dead body handed over to an approved institution may be

claimed by a near relative of the deceased within a period of 96 hours of

death. No charges shall be payable by the near relative if the body is claimed

within a period of 24 hours of the death. If the claim is made after the expiry

of 24 hours, the near relative will have to pay a nominal amount of Rs.20/-

towards preservation charges of the dead body.

4.

Disposal of unclaimed body which is not required by the authority

in charge of a teaching medical institution - The authorized officer shall

dispose of the unclaimed body which is not required by the authority in

charge of a teaching medical institution through local body concerned.

5.

Disposal of decomposed bodies - Decomposed bodies which cannot

be used for any purpose mentioned in sub-section (1) of Section 4 shall be

returned to the authorized officer for disposal.

6.

Disposal of belongings of the deceased - The belonging of an unclaimed

body shall be disposed of by authorized officer in accordance with the normal

provision of law.

7.

Authorised officer decision by summary enquiry - The authorized officer

shall, for the purposes of deciding any doubt or dispute whether a person is

a near relative of the deceased, hold a summary inquiry. Such authorised

officer need not record the oral evidence of witnesses, but he shall maintain

a memorandum of evidence and a list of representation and counter

representation, if any, on the basis of which he arrives at the decision.

8.

Preservation of unclaimed dead bodies - All the dead bodies received

in an approved institution shall be kept in the cold storage mortuary until

they are moved to the Anatomy Department of such institution. In the Anatomy

Department, they shall be kept under suitable conditions at the discretion of

the officer-in-charge of that department till these are put to any purpose

specified in sub-section (1) of Section 4 or till these are claimed, as the case

may be.

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9.

Information of death to the Authorized Officer - Any officer of the

Departments of Police or Public Health or any officer in the service of a

local authority or any village officer who comes to know of the death of any

person in any public place in an area in which he had no permanent place of

residence shall report the fact to the authorized officer of that area with the

least practicable delay.

Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, the

responsibility for immediately reporting the fact to the authorized officer and

also for assisting the authorized offer in making arrangements for the removal

of the dead body to the approved institution shall be of the officer in charge

of the Police Station having jurisdiction over the area and in the meanwhile

to prevent decay, he will send the dead body to the mortuary of the nearest

teaching medical institute where arrangements for its preservation are

available.

When a person dies in a hospital the authority in charge of such

hospital shall immediately report the fact to the nearest relative mentioned in

the records of the patient.

10.

Savings - Nothing contained in these rules shall apply to cases where

death has taken place under suspicious circumstances and the body is required

for medico- legal-examination. In such cases, if the police have taken

possession of it themselves, the body shall be handed over to the police.

S.A.M. RIZVI,

Secretary to Government.

Printed and Published by the Commissioner of Printing, Govt. of Telangana,

at Govt. Central Press, Chanchalguda, Hyderabad.

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