New Mexico Statutes
§ 61-32-17 — Direct disposer; scope of practice; limitations. (Repealed
New Mexico § 61-32-17
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 61-32-17 (2026).
Text
effective July 1, 2030.) A. Except as otherwise provided in the Funeral Services Act, a direct disposer may transport and dispose of a dead human body and participate in any rites or ceremonies after final disposition of the body. B. Prior to interment, entombment or other final disposition of the body, a direct disposer shall not:
(1)participate in any rites or ceremonies in connection with the final disposition of the body;
(2)provide facilities for any such rites or ceremonies; and (3) have the body embalmed unless embalming is required by the place of disposition.
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Legislative History
1978 Comp., § 61-32-17, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 204, § 17; 1995, ch. 158,
Nearby Sections
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§ 61-1-1
Short title§ 61-1-11
Rules of evidence§ 61-1-12
Record§ 61-1-13
Decision§ 61-1-14
Service of decision§ 61-1-16
Contents of decision§ 61-1-17
Petition for review§ 61-1-18
Repealed§ 61-1-19
Stay§ 61-1-2
Definitions§ 61-1-20
Repealed§ 61-1-21
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Bluebook (online)
New Mexico § 61-32-17, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/61/61-32-17.