Statute 65-1712: Rules and regulations; submission to secretary of health and
environment; penalty for violations.
The state board of mortuary arts shall from time to time adopt rules and
regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this state or of the
United States, whereby the performance of the duties of the secretary
and the board and the practice of embalming dead human bodies and
transportation of same shall be regulated. Rules and regulations relating
to embalming and transporting dead human bodies shall be adopted by the
board after having first been submitted to and approved by the secretary
of health and environment. All companies or individuals
operating or controlling common carriers and public and private
conveyances and all licensed embalmers in this state shall obey
the rules and regulations when adopted and published as provided by law,
and any licensed embalmer, or any person or owner having charge of any such
common carrier or public or private conveyance, who refuses or neglects
to obey such rules and regulations shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and for each offense shall be punished by a
fine of not less than $50 nor more than $200.
History: L. 1909, ch. 225, § 9; R.S. 1923, 65-1712; L. 1965,
ch. 506, § 30; L. 1979, ch. 188, § 5;
L. 1985, ch. 215, § 7; July 1.