Donor consent.

40-01-03-05. Donor consent. The state historical society shall endeavor to secure the written consent of all living donors and federal custodians of human skeletal remains and associated grave goods in its collections to release all such articles for reinterment. In those instances wherein such written consent is secured, and, in the case of donated articles, if no response is received from a donor within a period of thirty days from the date of mailing of the consent request, those human skeletal remains and associated grave goods 2 involved in such consent requests must be released for reinterment, with timely notice of such authorized release having been given to the appropriate tribal entity, as specified in section