65-1712. Rules and regulations; submission to secretary of health and environment; penalty for violations.
65-1712
65-1712. Rules and regulations; submission to secretary of health andenvironment; penalty for violations.The state board of mortuary arts shall from time to time adopt rules andregulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this state or of theUnited States, whereby the performance of the duties of the secretaryand the board and the practice of embalming dead human bodies andtransportation of same shall be regulated. Rules and regulations relatingto embalming and transporting dead human bodies shall be adopted by theboard after having first been submitted to and approved by the secretaryof health and environment. All companies or individualsoperating or controlling common carriers and public and privateconveyances and all licensed embalmers in this state shall obeythe rules and regulations when adopted and published as provided by law,and any licensed embalmer, or any person or owner having charge of any suchcommon carrier or public or private conveyance, who refuses or neglectsto obey such rules and regulations shallbe guilty of a misdemeanor and for each offense shall be punished by afine 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.