You sure about that? Because they have rules about decapping or destroying corpses outside the nests, last I checked you were infact cloneable once bursted, provided you were available to re-enter your corpse. Infact, for the longest time you could DEFIB bursted hosts, though they required immediate quickclot and a number of other meds plus internal organ surgery to keep them go, could require 2-5 defibs depending on how many people worked, but I've seen in the field revives of bursted victims and they eventually given a rifle and pushed back into the fight.
Went and asked, and apparently my memory is bad.
You can indeed be cloned.
To be fair, it's been awhile since I've played there.