§ 12-135-112. Standards of Practice – Embalming – Transporting

1. A funeral establishment that performs embalming shall:
   1. Maintain a sanitary preparation room with sanitary flooring, drainage, and ventilation;
   2. Employ universal biological hazard precautions;
   3. Employ reasonable care to minimize the risk of transmitting communicable diseases from human remains;
   4. Be equipped with instruments and supplies necessary to protect the health and safety of the public and employees of the funeral establishment; and
   5. Transport human remains in a safe and sanitary manner.
2. A funeral establishment that transports human remains shall:
   1. Use a motor vehicle that is appropriate for the transportation of human remains; and
   2. Transport human remains in a safe and sanitary manner.
3. A funeral establishment shall remove any implanted device in human remains before transporting the body to a crematory.

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 949, § 1, effective October 1.

Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 12-54-112 as it existed prior to 2019.