Colorado funeral home regulation bill passes House

Sarah Ferguson
·1 min read

(COLORADO) — A bill that would increase regulations for the funeral home industry in Colorado, passed in the House on Wednesday, April 17.

HB24-1335 passed by a vote of 57 to 3 on Wednesday and would require more inspections of funeral homes and crematories on a routine basis by a state agency.

The bill, which would “expand and continue certain portions of the Mortuary Science Code in the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA),” would also make the following changes to the program, according to a press release:

  • Requires inspection of funeral homes and crematories on a routine basis, including after businesses have ceased operations.

  • Allows inspections to occur outside business hours.

  • Expands rulemaking authority for DORA.

  • Adds failure to respond to complaints as a grounds for discipline.

  • Authorizes DORA to suspend the registration for persons who do not comply with orders following a complaint or investigation.

Meantime, another bill, SB24-173, is moving through the legislature and would require that people get a license to work before they can act as a funeral director, a mortuary science practitioner, an embalmer, a cremationist, or a natural reductionist.

For more information on the bills and what they would require, click on the links above.

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