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Colorado Revised Statutes Title 12. Professions and Occupations § 12-135-112. Standards of practice--embalming--transporting

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) A funeral establishment that performs embalming shall:

(a) Repealed by Laws 2024, Ch. 242 (H.B. 24-1335), § 12, eff. May 24, 2024.

(b) Employ universal biological hazard precautions;

(c) Employ reasonable care to minimize the risk of transmitting communicable diseases from human remains;

(d) Be equipped with instruments and supplies necessary to protect the health and safety of the public and employees of the funeral establishment; and

(e) Transport human remains in a safe and sanitary manner.

(2) A funeral establishment that transports human remains shall:

(a) Use a motor vehicle that is appropriate for the transportation of human remains; and

(b) 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.

(4) A funeral establishment shall maintain a sanitary preparation room with sanitary flooring, drainage, ventilation, and refrigeration and other equipment necessary to maintain sanitary conditions.

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