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C.R.S. § 12-135-112

Standards of practice

(1) A funeral establishment that performs embalming shall: (a) Maintain a sanitary preparation room with sanitary flooring, drainage, and ventilation; (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.

Digitized from: Public.Law — Colorado Revised Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Colorado statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.