N.J. Admin. Code § 13:36-7.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 13:36-7.1 - Handling and embalming bodies dead of an infectious or contagious disease

(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, no person in the conduct of the practice of mortuary science shall:

1. Deny funeral services for any deceased person based upon the cause of death;

2. Place any condition upon the provision of funeral services for any deceased person based upon the cause of death; or

3. Represent that state or local law requires that any condition be placed upon the provision of funeral services for any deceased person based upon the cause of death.

(b) In the preparation for burial or transportation of a dead body, the funeral director, the embalmer, intern, and assistants shall comply with OSHA regulations set forth at 29 CFR 1910.1030 and shall use universal precautions according to Centers for Disease Control recommendations set forth in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports, Volume 38, S-6, June 23, 1989, and subsequent volumes available from the Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333 or at www.cdc.gov, incorporated herein by reference, which shall include taking due care to prevent any spread of infection in the handling of such body during transportation, in preparation and during embalming, and after contact with such body, and shall disinfect their hands and remove any soiled clothing. All instruments, gloves, coverings and utensils used in embalming or in handling the body shall be disinfected immediately after being used. All fluids or other matters removed from such body in the process of embalming shall be disposed of in accordance with all applicable State, Federal and local laws and regulations governing medical and infectious waste.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:36-7.1

Amended by R.2005 d.100, effective 4/4/2005.
See: 36 New Jersey Register 4651(a), 37 New Jersey Register 1036(b).
In (a), deleted "including, but not limited to, regulation," in the introductory paragraph; in (b), rewrote the first sentence.