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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 18. Professional and Occupational Licensing |
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Agency 65. Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers |
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Chapter 20. Regulations of the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers |
Section 540. Preparation room requirements
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A. Every funeral service establishment at which embalming of dead human bodies is performed shall have at least one room used exclusively for embalming or preparation of the body.
B. The following are required of the preparation room or rooms:
1. The walls shall extend floor to ceiling;
2. The floor and wall surfaces shall be of a material or covered by a material impervious to water; and
3. The material shall extend from wall to wall with all joints tight and sanitary.
C. All functions connected with embalming shall be performed within the preparation room.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR320-01-2 § 11.4, eff. October 24, 1990; amended, Volume 08, Issue 25, eff. October 7, 1992; Volume 11, Issue 14, eff. May 3, 1995; Volume 15, Issue 07, eff. January 20, 1999.