Section 832IAC5-1-4. Embalming rooms; construction fixtures; equipment and use requirements

   (a) The issuance of a funeral home license and the continued use thereof shall depend among other things on compliance with this section, section 3 of this rule, and the Indiana Plumbing Code, 675 IAC 16.

  (b) A funeral home must be equipped with a fully functional embalming room on the premises of the funeral home. However, persons who own and operate more than one (1) funeral home in a county or adjoining counties may designate one (1) embalming room in one (1) of those funeral homes as the sole embalming room for all of its funeral homes in that county or those adjoining counties. A funeral home without an embalming room must be a funeral home branch location. In no case may the embalming room for the funeral home branch location be located anywhere other than in the county where the funeral home is located or in an adjoining county.

  (c) Each embalming room shall be equipped with a separate sink for washing hands and either one (1) wet hand sanitizer or disinfectant or one (1) dry hand sanitizer. Hot and cold running water shall be available to the embalming table and separate sink. The embalming room must also have the following:

(1) A working electric exhaust ventilation system vented to the outside of the building.

(2) Adequate lighting.

(3) A sterilizing tray long enough for the sterilization of instruments.

(4) Sufficient equipment for the injection of embalming fluid.

  (d) The embalming room shall be maintained with painted (not papered) or tiled walls, and tile, linoleum, sealed concrete, or other material approved by the board, covering the entire floor.

  (e) The top surface of the embalming room operating table shall be of glass, metal, porcelain, stainless steel, or other nonporous material, approved by the board.

  (f) All of the openings leading from the embalming room shall have tight-fitting doors and opaque type of glass or of other substantial material that screens the interior of the embalming room at all times from the view of the general public.

  (g) The embalming room shall be used only for embalming and preparation of human remains and not for storage or any other purpose.

  (h) All waste material from an embalming room shall be properly disposed of as required by applicable law.

  (i) The embalming room together with the balance of the funeral home facilities must be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. (State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service; 832 IAC 5-1-4; filed Jan 30, 1986, 2:23 p.m.: 9 IR 1371; filed Mar 13, 1987, 8:30 a.m.: 10 IR 1702; filed Sep 6, 1988, 2:00 p.m.: 12 IR 28; errata filed Nov 28, 1989, 3:00 p.m.: 13 IR 677; filed Jun 9, 1993, 9:00 a.m.: 16 IR 2618; readopted filed May 10, 2001, 2:39 p.m.: 24 IR 3237; readopted filed Jul 19, 2007, 12:52 p.m.: 20070808-IR-832070048RFA; filed Mar 11, 2013, 2:50 p.m.: 20130410-IR-832120198FRA; readopted filed Nov 25, 2013, 9:23 a.m.: 20131225-IR-832130288RFA)