2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses
Article 32 - Funeral Services
Section 61-32-13 - Establishments; requirements; temporary licenses. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)

A. Each establishment shall have a full-time funeral service practitioner; provided the establishment license is a privilege granted to the person to whom it is issued and is not transferable to other owners or operators or to another location than that designated on the license. Whenever an establishment no longer employs or otherwise has a full-time licensee in charge, the establishment shall immediately cease the practice of funeral service or direct disposition and the person to whom the establishment license is granted shall immediately return the establishment license to the board by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by another delivery service that provides a means of tracking an item in its delivery system.

B. The board may adopt by rule special requirements for multi-establishment enterprises where the establishments are located within fifty miles of each other and wish to share a licensee in charge.

C. The board may adopt by rule the requirements for reapplication or reinspection.

D. The board may adopt by rule requirements for issuing a temporary establishment or crematory license that will be valid until the next scheduled board meeting.

History: 1978 Comp., § 61-32-13, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 204, § 13; 1999, ch. 284, § 9; 2012, ch. 48, § 13.

Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-32-31 NMSA 1978.

Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1993, ch. 204, § 32 repealed former 61-32-13 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 185, § 13, concerning licensure under prior law, and § 13 of the act enacted a new section, effective June 18, 1993.

The 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, required establishments that no longer employ a full-time funeral service practitioner to cease the practice of funeral service and direct disposition and to return the establishment license to the board; in Subsection A, in the first sentence, after "full-time", deleted "licensee in charge" and added "funeral service practitioner" and added the last sentence; and in Subsection B, after "special requirements for", deleted "multi-unit establishment that" and added "multi-establishment enterprises where the establishments".

The 1999 amendment, effective June 18, 1999, inserted "provided" in Subsection A, and added Subsection D.