Colorado § 12-135-112 Standards of practice - embalming - transporting

Colorado Statutes

§ 12-135-112 — Standards of practice - embalming - transporting

Colorado § 12-135-112

Title 12Professions

Art.Mortuary Science Code

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-135-112 (2026).

Text

(1)A funeral establishment that performs embalming shall:

(a)Repealed.

(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.

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(1) A funeral
establishment that performs embalming shall:

(a) Repealed.

(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.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 949, � 1, effective October 1. L. 2024: (1)(a) repealed and (4) added, (HB 24-1335), ch. 242, p. 1601, � 12, effective May 24.