2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 451 - Dead Bodies
NRS 451.607 - "Alkaline hydrolysis" defined.

Universal Citation: NV Rev Stat § 451.607 (2022)

"Alkaline hydrolysis" means the:

1. Reduction of human remains to bone fragments through a water-based process of dissolution using alkaline chemicals and agitation to accelerate natural decomposition; and

2. Processing of the hydrolyzed human remains after their removal from the container in which the process of dissolution occurs.

(Added to NRS by 2017, 2735)

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