N.M. Stat. § 61-32-17

Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 61-32-17 - [Repealed effective 7/1/2029] Direct disposer; scope of practice; limitations
A. Except as otherwise provided in the Funeral Services Act, a direct disposer may transport and dispose of a dead human body and participate in any rites or ceremonies after final disposition of the body.
B. Prior to interment, entombment or other final disposition of the body, a direct disposer shall not:
(1) participate in any rites or ceremonies in connection with the final disposition of the body;
(2) provide facilities for any such rites or ceremonies; and
(3) have the body embalmed unless embalming is required by the place of disposition.

NMS § 61-32-17

1978 Comp., § 61-32-17, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 204, § 17; 1995, ch. 158, § 2; 1999, ch. 284, § 11; 2012, ch. 48, § 14.
Amended by 2012, c. 48,s. 14, eff. 7/1/2012.
Repealed effective 7/1/2018.