Colorado Code § 12-135-112

Standards of practice - embalming - transporting
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(1) A funeral
establishment that performs embalming shall:
(a) Repealed.
(b) Employ universal biological hazard precautions;
(c) Employ reasonable care to minimize the risk of transmitting communicable diseases
from human remains;
(d) Be equipped with instruments and supplies necessary to protect the health and safety
of the public and employees of the funeral establishment; and
(e) Transport human remains in a safe and sanitary manner.
(2) A funeral establishment that transports human remains shall:
(a) Use a motor vehicle that is appropriate for the transportation of human remains; and
(b) Transport human remains in a safe and sanitary manner.
(3) A funeral establishment shall remove any implanted device in human remains before
transporting the body to a crematory.
(4) A funeral establishment shall maintain a sanitary preparation room with sanitary
flooring, drainage, ventilation, and refrigeration and other equipment necessary to maintain
sanitary conditions.

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