Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4717 - Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 4717-7 - Requirements for Licenses › Section 4717-7-05 - Embalming facilities

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Requirements for embalming facility license:
(A) Any person desiring to operate an
			 embalming facility shall apply to the board on a form provided by the board,
			 include the appropriate license fee, and establish that:
(1) The facility is at a fixed place or
			 location;
(2) The embalming
			 facility is adequately equipped and maintained in a sanitary manner. The
			 embalming room at the facility shall contain only the articles, facilities, and
			 instruments necessary for its stated purpose. The embalming room shall be kept
			 in a clean and sanitary condition and used only for the care and preparation of
			 dead human bodies. The minimal requirements for the embalming room shall be as
			 follows:
(a) Sanitary floor;
(b) All instruments and appliances used in
			 the embalming of a dead human body shall be thoroughly cleansed and sterilized
			 using an appropriate disinfectant immediately at the conclusion of each
			 individual case;
(c) Running hot
			 and cold water with a sink for personal hygiene;
(d) Exhaust fan and intake vent, permanently
			 installed and operable with the capacity to change the air in the room at least
			 fifteen times each hour;
(e)
			 Sanitary plumbing connected with sewer, cesspool, septic tank, or other
			 department of health approved system;
(f) Porcelain, stainless steel, metal-lined
			 or fiberglass operating table;
(g)
			 All opening windows and outside doors shall be adequately screened and shielded
			 from outside viewing;
(h) All
			 hydro-aspirators or electric aspirators shall be equipped with at least one air
			 breaker;
(i) Containers for refuse,
			 trash and soiled linens shall be adequately covered or sealed at all
			 times;
(j) First-aid kit and
			 eyewash;
(k) The embalming or
			 preparation room shall be strictly private. A "private" sign shall be posted on
			 the door(s) entering the preparation room. No one shall be allowed therein
			 while the body is being embalmed except the embalmers, funeral directors,
			 apprentices and other authorized persons and officials in discharge of their
			 duties;
(l) All waste materials,
			 refuse, used bandages and cotton shall be destroyed in accordance with all
			 applicable OSHA and EPA regulations;
(m) Every person, while engaged in actually
			 embalming a dead human body, shall be attired in a clean and sanitary smock or
			 gown covering the person from the neck to below the knees and shall, while so
			 engaged, wear impervious rubber gloves;
(n) All bodies in the preparation room shall
			 be treated with proper care and dignity and shall be properly covered at all
			 times;
(o) Ingress and egress of
			 the preparation room shall be situated so that functions in the funeral home
			 shall not impede or interfere with entering or exiting said room; and
(p) Sufficient emergency lighting.
(3) The board shall issue a
			 license to operate an embalming facility only for the address at which the
			 embalming facility is to operate and shall issue said license only to an
			 embalmer who is actually in charge of the facility.
(4) The 
									embalmer actually in
			 charge and ultimately responsible of a embalming facility license shall
			 submit to the board written notification, within ten days of any termination of
			 an embalmer actually in charge and ultimately
			 responsible of the embalming facility. Within
			 thirty days of the notification to the board, the embalmer actually in charge
			 and ultimately responsible of the embalming facility license shall surrender
			 the license to operate the embalming facility.Except in extenuating
			 circumstances, and with approval of the board, no embalming facility is to
			 operate without an embalmer actually in charge and
			 ultimately responsible of the embalming facility for more than thirty
			 days after the written notification is filed with the board.A change of
			 the embalmer actually in charge and ultimately responsible of an embalming
			 facility requires a new license under division (B)(2) of section
			 4717.11 of the Revised Code. The
			 person who will be licensed to operate the embalming facility as the actually
			 in charge and ultimately responsible after the change shall apply for a new
			 embalming facility license on an application form prescribed by the board
			 within thirty days of filing the written notification with the board. Any
			 embalming facility that fails to comply with this rule shall cease
			 operations.