Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 30 - Professions and Occupations › Part 2401 - Administrative Law › Chapter 4 - Funeral Establishment › Rule 30-2401-4.3 - Preparation Room

Current through June 25, 2024
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.
Miss. Code Ann.
				  §§
										73-11-49(7)
				  and
				  73-11-55
				  (Rev. 2012).