2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses
Article 32 - Funeral Services
Section 61-32-17 - Direct disposer; scope of practice; limitations. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)
61-32-17. Direct disposer; scope of practice; limitations. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)
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.
History: 1978 Comp., 61-32-17, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 204, 17; 1995, ch. 158, 2; 1999, ch. 284, 11; 2012, ch. 48, 14.
