Mich. Admin. Code R. 339.18931 - Funeral establishment requirements
Rule 31.
(1) A
licensed funeral establishment shall satisfy all of the following requirements:
(a) Have a preparation and embalming room
that satisfies subrule (2) of this rule.
(b) Have a room suitable for conducting a
funeral that can hold 50 or more individuals with a lectern area and an area
for the display of a casket and flowers.
(c) Have an office space for making
arrangements.
(d) Ensure that dead
human bodies are inaccessible to the public except when placed for a service or
viewing.
(e) Have in its direct
employment a mortuary science licensee who is appointed as the establishment's
manager. A manager shall comply with the following requirements:
(i) Be employed on a full-time basis and be
available for funeral-related purposes.
(ii) One establishment manager shall not
manage more than 2 funeral establishments.
(iii) The licensee shall not reside more than
75 miles from a funeral establishment that the licensee manages, in accordance
with section 1809(1)(c) of the code, MCL
339.1809.
(2) In accordance with section
1809(6) of the code, MCL
339.1809, a preparation and
embalming room must satisfy all of the following requirements:
(a) Be maintained in a clean and sanitary
condition at all times.
(b) Have
walls, floors, and ceilings that are made of, or covered by, waterproof and
washable materials.
(c) Have
running hot and cold water with a sink for personal hygiene.
(d) Have sanitary plumbing as required by R
325.11401 to R 325.11407.
(e) Have
an exhaust fan and intake vent permanently installed and operable with the
capacity to change the air in the room not less than 12 times each
hour.
(f) Be inaccessible to the
public, with no direct connection to any living quarters or to the chapel or
other area accessible by the public. For the purposes of this rule, a direct
connection has not been made if an area that is not less than 9 square feet in
floor area has been provided between the entrance to the embalming room and the
entrance to an area accessible by the public. A door or doors entering the
preparation room must be lockable, in accordance with subrule (1) of this rule,
and remain locked at all times.
(g)
Only contain the articles and instruments necessary for the embalming or other
preparation of dead human bodies for viewing, burial, or final disposition and
may only be used for the care and preparation of dead human bodies.
(3) The articles and instruments
necessary for the embalming or other preparation of dead human bodies for
viewing, burial, or final disposition must include all of the following:
(a) Porcelain, stainless steel, metal-lined,
fiberglass, or other nonporous material operating table.
(b) A set of essential embalming instruments
that are sterilized after each use.
(c) A supply of disinfectants.
(d) An autoclave, gas sterilizer, or
instrument solution sterilizer that is large enough to accommodate a normal,
adult-sized trocar.
(e) Chemicals
and supplies necessary to embalm and prepare human bodies.
(f) An embalming machine.
(g) A hydro aspirator or electric
aspirator.
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Rule 31.
(1) Each licensed establishment shall have a room which is suitable for conducting funerals and which meets the requirements of the applicable local building code for holding 50 or more persons, an area for the display of a casket and flowers, and a lectern area.
(2) Each licensed establishment shall have an embalming room . The embalming room shall not have a direct connection to any living quarters located on the same floor or to the chapel or any other area accessible by the public. For the purposes of this rule, a direct connection has not been made if an area that is not less than 9 square feet in floor area has been provided between the entrance to the embalming room and the entrance to an area accessible by the public.
(3) The embalming room shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition at all times. Instruments shall be cleaned and sterilized after each use.
(4) An embalming room shall have all of the following:
(a) A linoleum or tile floor.
(b) Walls and ceilings made of or covered by washable and waterproof material.
(c) Hot and cold running water.
(e) A fan that is capable of moving 250 cubic feet of air per minute.
(5) An embalming room shall be equipped with a porcelain or stainless steel embalming table, the instruments necessary to embalm a body, and a means of sterilizing equipment, such as an autoclave , a gas sterilizer, or an instrument solution sterilizer that is large enough to accommodate a normal, adult -sized trocar.
(6) An embalming room shall not be used as a storage area.