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NH Rev Stat § 325:32-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Section 325:32-b - Temporary Suspension.

    325:32-b Temporary Suspension. –||In cases involving imminent danger of life or health, the board may order suspension of a license or privilege granted under this chapter pending hearing for a period of no more than 60 days. In such cases, the basis for the board's finding of imminent danger of life or health shall be in writing and combined with a hearing notice which complies with RSA 325:34, III and RSA 541-A:31, III. Notwithstanding the requirements of RSA 541-A:30, III, the board's hearing may commence no more than 30 days after the date of the order suspending the license. If the board does not commence the hearing within 30 days, the suspension order shall be automatically vacated, but a licensee shall be allowed additional time to prepare for or to complete a hearing under this section only by agreeing to a further suspension commensurate with the additional time extension.|||Source. 1996, 283:11, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 325:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Section 325:33 - Investigatory Powers of the Board; Complaints.

    325:33 Investigatory Powers of the Board;  Complaints. –||I. The board may investigate possible misconduct by licensees, and applicants, and any other matters within the scope of this chapter. Investigations may be conducted with or without the issuance of a board order setting forth the general scope of the investigation. Board investigations and information obtained by the board pursuant to such investigations, including complaints received under RSA 325:32, I(b), shall be privileged, confidential, and exempt from the public disclosure provisions of RSA 91-A, unless such information is subsequently included in the record in a public disciplinary hearing. The board may disclose information obtained in its investigations to law enforcement or health licensing agencies in this state or any other jurisdiction or in accordance with specific statutory requirements or court orders.||II. [Repealed.]||III. At the commencement of an adjudicatory proceeding, or at any time during a formal or informal investigation, and without issuing a subpoena, the board, or a person to whom the board has delegated appropriate authority, may mail a statement of the allegations being investigated to a licensee and order that person to provide a detailed and good faith written response to the allegations. In such circumstances, the board may also require a licensee to furnish complete copies of appropriate professional records concerning matters relevant to allegations at issue. In both instances, the licensee shall respond within a reasonable time period of not less than 15 days, as the board may specify in its written order.|||Source. 1935, 95:1. RL 168:33. RSA 325:33. 1981, 487:22. 1996, 283:12. 2012, 33:1. 2015, 276:91, eff. July 1, 2015. 2021, 197:56, V, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 325:33-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Section 325:33-a - Summons; Oath; Witnesses.

    325:33-a Summons;  Oath;  Witnesses. –||I. The board shall have the power to subpoena witnesses and administer oaths in any disciplinary proceedings, and to compel, by subpoena duces tecum, the production of papers and records.||II. Witnesses summoned before the board shall be paid the same fees as witnesses summoned to appear before the superior court, and such summons issued by the board shall have the same effect as though issued for appearance before such court.|||Source. 1987, 134:5, eff. May 7, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 325:34-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Section 325:34-a - License Suspension; Hearing Required.

    325:34-a License Suspension;  Hearing Required. –||If the board suspends a license under this section, the licensee shall be provided with a hearing within 10 days from the effective date of the suspension. The suspension shall remain in effect during the pendency of the hearing, which shall not be unreasonably delayed by the board.|||Source. 1996, 283:14, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 325:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Section 325:35 - Immunity From Civil Action.

    325:35 Immunity From Civil Action. –||No civil action shall be maintained against the board or any of its members, or any agent or employee of the board, with regard to any action or activity in the performance of any duty or authority established by this chapter. No civil action shall be maintained against any other organization or individual for or by reason of any good faith statement, report, communication, or testimony to the board or determination by the board in relation to proceedings under this chapter.|||Source. 1935, 95:1. RL 168:35. RSA 325:35. 1996, 283:15, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 325:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Section 325:36 - Reinstatement Applications.

    325:36 Reinstatement Applications. –||Any person whose license has been revoked may be summarily denied relicensure, except as the board may have otherwise provided in its revocation order. Persons whose licenses have lapsed for nonrenewal shall not again be licensed without filing an application for reinstatement which contains such information as the board may by rule require for the purpose of determining whether the applicant retains the level of professional qualifications expected of existing practitioners. However, persons who have not practiced funeral directing and embalming on a full-time basis in a jurisdiction with license requirements comparable to those of this state for more than 5 years since they were last licensed in New Hampshire shall retake the license examination and meet all other requirements for initial licensure.|||Source. 1935, 95:1. RL 168:36. RSA 325:36. 1996, 283:15, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 325:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Section 325:37 - Deceased Director.

    325:37 Deceased Director. –||The widow or widower of a licensed funeral director or the wife or husband of one who is incapacitated may continue to administer his or her business providing she or he employs a person who holds the required license.|||Source. 1935, 95:1. RL 168:37. RSA 325:37. 1977, 480:1. 1981, 487:23, eff. July 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 325:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Section 325:38 - Securing of Business.

    325:38 Securing of Business. –||It shall be unlawful for any funeral director or embalmer, or the agents or representatives thereof, directly or indirectly, to pay or cause to be paid any sum of money or other valuable consideration for the securing of business.|||Source. 1935, 95:1. RL 168:39.|
NH Rev Stat § 325:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Section 325:39 - Repealed by 2021, 197:56, VI, eff. July 1, 2021.

    325:39 Repealed by 2021, 197:56, VI, eff. July 1, 2021. –|
NH Rev Stat § 325:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Section 325:40 - Sudden, Accidental or Suspicious Deaths.

    325:40 Sudden, Accidental or Suspicious Deaths. –||No person shall inject into any cavity or artery of the body of any person who has died from an accidental or sudden death, or under suspicious circumstances, any fluid or substance until a legal certificate of the cause of death has been obtained from the attending physician or medical referee, nor until a legal investigation has determined the cause of death. If a criminal cause of death is alleged or suspected, no fluid or other substance shall be injected into a body until the cause of death is legally established.|||Source. 1935, 95:1. RL 168:41. RSA 325:40.|
NH Rev Stat § 325:40-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Section 325:40-a - Deceased Human Bodies Exposed.

    325:40-a Deceased Human Bodies Exposed. –||No dead human body shall be exposed to the public for a period in excess of 24 hours unless said body is properly embalmed.|||Source. 1971, 332:3, eff. July 1, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 325:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Section 325:41 - Embalming Fluids.

    325:41 Embalming Fluids. –||The sale or use for embalming purposes of any fluid containing arsenic, zinc, mercury, copper, lead, silver, antimony, chloral, or cyanogen, or any compound containing any of these, or any poisonous alkaloid, is prohibited, and all brands of embalming compounds used within the state shall be subject to test and approval by the department of health and human services.|||Source. 1935, 95:1. RL 168:42. RSA 325:41. 1983, 293:1. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 325:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Section 325:42 - Repealed by 2021, 197:56, VII, eff. July 1, 2021.

    325:42 Repealed by 2021, 197:56, VII, eff. July 1, 2021. –|
NH Rev Stat § 325:43 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Section 325:43 - Penalty.

    325:43 Penalty. –||I. A person shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor if a natural person, or a felony if any other person, who:||(a) Performs embalming without being licensed under this chapter.||(b) Makes funeral arrangements, unless such person is a funeral director, next-of-kin as defined in RSA 290:16, IV, or designated agent under RSA 290:17.||II. A person shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor if a natural person, or a felony if any other person, who:||(a) Being in the funeral business, employs an unlicensed person, other than an apprentice, to make funeral arrangements or perform embalming, unless the person is exempted under this chapter.||(b) Fraudulently procures a license under this chapter.||(c) Violates any provision of this chapter or rule adopted by the board.|||Source. 1935, 95:1. RL 168:58. RSA 325:43. 1973, 528:213. 1983, 325:8. 1987, 134:6. 1996, 283:16, 17. 1999, 62:7, 8. 2006, 76:6, eff. July 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 325:44 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Section 325:44 - Burial Associations Prohibited.

    325:44 Burial Associations Prohibited. –||It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in, promote or participate, directly or indirectly, in any scheme or plan in the nature of a burial association or in a so-called chain of burial or funeral establishments.|||Source. 1935, 95:1. RL 168:38. RSA 325:44.|
NH Rev Stat § 325:45 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Section 325:45 - Funds to be Deposited.

    325:45 Funds to be Deposited. –||All moneys paid during a person's lifetime to any individual, firm, association, partnership, or corporation engaged in performing funeral services by such person or by someone in such person's behalf under an agreement that services be performed or merchandise be delivered in connection with the disposition of such person's body after the person's death shall be deposited by the payee within 30 days after receipt in a separate account in a bank, trust company, credit union, savings institution, licensed insurance company, or bonded, registered broker-dealer in this state in the name of the payee as mortuary trustee for the person for whose benefit the payment was made, and shall be held in such account together with any interest accrued. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent transfer of such funds to another such bank, trust company, credit union, savings institution, licensed insurance company, or bonded, registered broker-dealer by merger or consolidation or by operation of law. A mortuary trustee shall provide evidence of the original deposit and any subsequent deposits to the payor within 30 days after deposit into the separate account and shall provide evidence of any subsequent transfer of funds, as permitted by this section, to the payor within 30 days after effecting such transfer of funds. A copy of a written receipt or statement of deposit issued by the bank, trust company, credit union, savings institution, licensed insurance company, or bonded, registered broker-dealer, shall be sufficient as evidence of deposit or transfer for the purposes of this section. For purposes of this section, a mortuary trustee shall include any person or organization holding money in trust in connection with a pre-paid funeral.|||Source. 1971, 332:1. 1995, 76:1. 1998, 231:1, eff. Aug. 23, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 325:46 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Section 325:46 - Withdrawal of Funds.

    325:46 Withdrawal of Funds. –||Such funds may be withdrawn, if otherwise lawful, by the payee on written instructions of the person who originally paid the money or such person's legal representative if the account was opened as revokable. Such funds may be withdrawn, if otherwise lawful, by the payee upon the death of the person for whose benefit such funds were paid, to be used in accordance with the agreement, which shall be filed with the bank, trust company, savings institution, licensed insurance company, or bonded, registered broker-dealer.|||Source. 1971, 332:1. 1995, 76:1, eff. July 8, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 325:47 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Section 325:47 - Institution Absolved From Liability.

    325:47 Institution Absolved From Liability. –||Such bank, trust company, savings institution, licensed insurance company, or bonded, registered broker-dealer shall be discharged from liability for payment of the funds in any such account upon presentation of a written consent to withdrawal signed by the party who paid the funds or such party's legal representative, if such account is revokable, and by the payee, or upon presentation of proof of death of such person for whose benefit such funds were paid. This section shall not apply to the sale of cemetery lots, crypts, niches, cemetery burial privileges, cemetery space or perpetual care.|||Source. 1971, 332:1. 1995, 76:1, eff. July 8, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 325:48 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Section 325:48 - Employment Prohibited.

    325:48 Employment Prohibited. –||No person holding a license under this chapter shall be employed as a funeral home, funeral establishment, funeral director or embalmer by a cemetery, cemetery association, or cemetery corporation, nor shall such person own or control a cemetery, cemetery association, or cemetery corporation. This section shall not prohibit such person from (1) serving as an officer, director, or trustee of a cemetery, cemetery association or cemetery corporation without pay or for a salary not exceeding $500 per year or (2) employment by a cemetery, cemetery association or cemetery corporation in capacities other than that of a funeral home, funeral establishment, funeral director or embalmer, or (3) taking bodies out of a grave or transferring such bodies to other graves.|||Source. 1971, 332:1. 1986, 191:5, eff. July 28, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 325:49 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Section 325:49 - Solicitation Prohibited.

    325:49 Solicitation Prohibited. –||No funeral home, funeral establishment, crematories, memorial societies, burial associations, cemetery, cemetery associations or person holding a license under this chapter shall as, or through, an agent or principal solicit a prearranged funeral service or plan for any person or persons. "Prearranged funeral service or plan" shall mean any funeral service or plan which is arranged, planned or determined prior to the demise of a person or persons for whom the funeral service is to be performed. Funeral homes, funeral establishments, crematories, memorial societies, burial associations, cemetery, cemetery associations and licensees under this chapter may enter into contracts or agreements for prearranged funeral services or plans provided that they do not in any manner either as, or through, principals or agents solicit such contract or agreement.|||Source. 1971, 332:1, eff. July 1, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 325:50 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Section 325:50 - Certain Payments Prohibited.

    325:50 Certain Payments Prohibited. –||No funeral home, funeral establishment, crematories, memorial societies, burial associations, cemetery, cemetery associations or person licensed under this chapter shall pay or cause to be paid, directly or indirectly, any money or other thing of value to a person not responsible for payment for the funeral as a commission or gratuity for the securing of business for such funeral home, establishment or licensee.|||Source. 1971, 332:1, eff. July 1, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 325-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325-A - Cremation of Human Remains|Section 325-A:1 - Definitions.

    325-A:1 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Alternative container" means a container in which human remains are placed in a cremation chamber for cremation.||II. "Authorizing agent" means a person vested with the right to control the disposition of human remains pursuant to RSA 290.||III. "Board" means the state board of registration of funeral directors and embalmers established under RSA 325:2.||IV. "Casket" means a rigid container made of wood, metal, or other similar material, ornamented and lined with fabric, which is designed for the encasement of human remains.||V. "Cremated remains" means the residue of human remains recovered after cremation and the processing of such remains by pulverization, leaving only bone fragments reduced to unidentifiable dimensions, and the unrecoverable residue of any foreign matter, such as eyeglasses, bridgework, or other similar material, that was cremated with the human remains.||VI. "Cremated remains receipt form" means a form provided by a crematory authority to an authorizing agent or his or her representative that identifies cremated remains and the person authorized to receive such remains.||VII. "Cremation" means the technical process that uses heat and evaporation to reduce human remains to bone fragments.||VIII. "Cremation chamber" means the enclosed space within which a cremation takes place.||IX. "Crematory" means a building or portion of a building which contains a cremation chamber and holding facility.||X. "Crematory authority" means the legal entity subject to licensure by the board to maintain and operate a crematory and perform cremation.||XI. "Crematory operator" means a person who is responsible for the operation of a crematory.||XII. "Delivery receipt form" means a form provided by a funeral establishment to a crematory authority to document the receipt of human remains by such authority for the purpose of cremation.||XIII. "Funeral director" means funeral director as defined in RSA 325.||XIV. "Holding facility" means the area of a crematory designated for the retention of human remains prior to cremation and includes a refrigerated facility.||XV. "Human remains" means the body of a deceased person, or a human body part, in any stage of decomposition and includes limbs or other portions of the anatomy that are removed from a person or human remains for medical purposes during treatment, surgery, biopsy, autopsy, or medical research.||XVI. "Permanent container" means a receptacle made of durable material for the long-term placement of cremated remains.||XVII. "Temporary container" means a receptacle made of cardboard, plastic, or other similar material in which cremated remains are placed prior to the placement of such remains in an urn or other permanent container.|||Source. 2006, 288:2, eff. July 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 325-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325-A - Cremation of Human Remains|Section 325-A:2 - Crematory; License Required.

    325-A:2 Crematory;  License Required. –||A crematory shall not be established, operated, or maintained in this state except by a crematory authority licensed by the board under this chapter. The board shall issue a license to a crematory authority that satisfies the requirements for licensure under the chapter. Human remains shall not be cremated in this state except at a crematory operated by a crematory authority licensed under this chapter.|||Source. 2006, 288:2, eff. July 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 325-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325-A - Cremation of Human Remains|Section 325-A:3 - Building and Location Requirements.

    325-A:3 Building and Location Requirements. –||I. A crematory shall conform to all building codes and environmental regulations.||II. A crematory may be constructed at any location consistent with applicable zoning and environmental regulations.||III. A person intending to construct a crematory shall, upon application for a building permit, provide notice of the intent to all owners of property within 250 feet of the proposed crematory by verified mail, as defined in RSA 21:53.|||Source. 2006, 288:2, eff. July 1, 2006. 2018, 150:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2019. 2019, 242:3, eff. Oct. 10, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 325-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXX - Occupations and Professions|Title 325-A - Cremation of Human Remains|Section 325-A:4 - License; Application; Requirements; Fee.

    325-A:4 License;  Application;  Requirements;  Fee. –||An applicant for an initial or renewal license as a crematory authority shall file a written application with the board. The application shall be accompanied by the license fee required under RSA 325-A:7 and a certificate confirming that the crematory operator has attended, prior to issuance of the license, a training course provided by the Cremation Association of North America or by the manufacturer of the cremation chamber maintained and operated by the crematory authority and shall set forth the full name and address of the applicant, the address and location of the crematory, the name of the crematory operator, the name and address of the owner of the crematory, and additional information as required by the board, including affirmative evidence of the applicant's ability to comply with rules adopted under this chapter. The application shall include the applicant's social security number if the applicant is an individual. The social security number shall not be public record and shall only be used for administrative purposes.|||Source. 2006, 288:2, eff. July 1, 2006.|