21 NCAC 34B .0704          SANITATION IN PREPARATION OF BODIES

In the safeguard of the public health, every person while engaged in the actual preparation of a dead human body shall be attired in a clean and sanitary smock or gown and shall wear protective gloves. When a smock or gown has been worn in the preparation of a body, it shall not be worn again before being laundered. No sheets, linens, materials, or supplies of any kind, which shall have come in contact with a dead human body, shall be used more than once without being laundered. Such materials shall be kept in a covered container until laundered. All instruments and appliances used in the preparation of a body shall be thoroughly cleansed and sterilized immediately at the conclusion of each individual case and stored in an enclosed cabinet or drawer.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 90‑210.23(a),(d),(e); 90‑210.27A;

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Readopted Eff. September 27, 1977;

Amended Eff. September 1, 1979;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. August 19, 2017.