Rule 30-2401-4.3 - Preparation Room 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.30 Miss. Code. R. 2401-4.3
Miss. Code Ann. §§ 73-11-49(7) and 73-11-55 (Rev. 2012).