No embalming of a body of a deceased person shall be
performed in a funeral establishment except in a room set aside exclusively for
embalming or other preparation of a body of a deceased person (hereinafter
referred to as the "preparation room"). Such preparation room and equipment,
instruments and articles contained therein shall be maintained and kept in a
clean and sanitary condition. The preparation room must also meet the following
minimum requirements:
(1) Construction.
The walls, floor, and ceiling must be covered with tile or other hard, smooth,
impervious washable material.
The preparation room must contain at least 120 square feet
of floor space. The preparation, disinfection, embalming, washing, dressing and
casketing or other care of a body of a deceased person shall take place only in
such room. The room shall contain only articles and equipment necessary for
such preparation. The embalming table must have rust proof metal, porcelain, or
fiberglass top, with edges raised at least 3/4 inches around the entire table
and drain opening at the lower end.
(2) Ventilation. The room shall have
permanently installed and operable exhaust fan and intake vent in accordance
with the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA).
(3) Equipment. The room shall be equipped and
provided with hot and cold running water, a utility sink, and sufficient
cabinets, closets or shelves for all instruments and supplies. The room shall
contain sufficient supplies and equipment for normal operation. Nothing in this
subsection, however, shall require embalming chemicals to be stored in the
preparation room. The room shall have no excess equipment stored, other than
equipment necessary for preparing dead human remains, and performing necessary
restorative art work.
All instruments and appliances used in the embalming of a
dead human body must be thoroughly cleansed and sterilized by boiling or
immersion for ten minutes in a one percent solution of chlorinated soda or an
equivalent disinfectant immediately at the conclusion of each embalming.
Facilities shall exist for the proper disinfection of
embalming instruments and the embalming table.
(4) Openings covered. All outside openings
shall be covered with screens.
(5)
Interior view. Measures must be taken to prevent a view of the interior of the
room through any open door or window.
(6) No public use. The preparation room shall
not have a passageway available for public use. The doors shall be
tight-closing and rigid, and any windows of the room shall be so maintained as
to obstruct any view into such room.
No person shall be permitted in a preparation room during
the course of embalming a dead human body except the employees of the
Mississippi licensed funeral establishment where the human body is being
embalmed, members of the family of the deceased, persons authorized by the
members of the family of the deceased, or any person otherwise authorized by
law.
(7) Plumbing. The
preparation room shall be equipped with sanitary plumbing connected with sewer,
cesspool, septic tank, or other Department of Health approved system.
(8)
Preparation room log/Case
Report. Every funeral establishment must have available in the
preparation room a log book or case report. The log book or case report shall
list the name of each human remains received at this location including the
date and time the remains were received, the place (if other than at the
establishment) the care or preparation of the remains (e.g., bathe, disinfect,
refrigerate, or embalm), the date and time that the embalming occurred, and the
name, signature, and license number of the embalmer(s) and, if applicable,
apprentice(s). If the remains were prepared at another location, that location
shall be listed in lieu of the name and signature of the embalmer(s) and, where
applicable, apprentice(s). The log book or case report must be in a binder and
must be available at all times in full view for the Board inspector. A sample
of the embalming log is in the Appendix to these Rules and
Regulations.
