SB53: relative to natural organic reduction of human remains.

Related law links

RSA references from bill data

• 290 · add · effective 2025-07-01

  emains are placed prior to NOR (natural organic reduction). II. ?"Authorizing agent" means a person vested with the right to control the disposition of human remains pursuant to RSA 290. III. ?"Board" means the state board of registration of funeral directors and embalmers established under RSA 325:2. IV. ?"Disposition container" means a container in which human remains are placed and means a conta

• 310 · add · effective 2025-07-01

  ion would increase licensing, inspections, enforcement, and hearings before the board while also creating some processes that are inconsistent with the practices established under RSA 310. While the OPLC already has staff that handles licensing, inspections, enforcement, hearings, and rulemaking there is no way to determine how much the bill will increase expenditures based on those needs thus the finan

• 310:5 · reference · effective 2025-07-01

  eduction authority is licensed in this state. IV. ?All fees collected by the office of professional licensure and certification under this chapter shall be deposited pursuant to RSA 310:5. 325-B:8 ?Inspection; Board; Duties; Authority for Appointments. I. ?The board, through the office of professional licensure and certification, shall at least once every 3 years inspect or provide for the inspection

• 325 · reference · effective 2025-07-01

  ard, or other bio-degradable container, or a shroud made of cotton, linen, wool, hemp, or other woven plant material. V. ?"Funeral director" means funeral director as defined in RSA 325. VI. ? "Holding facility" means the area of a NOR facility designated for the retention of human remains prior to NOR and includes a refrigerated facility. VII. ?"Human remains" means the body of a deceased person, o

• 325:2 · add · effective 2025-07-01

  e right to control the disposition of human remains pursuant to RSA 290. III. ?"Board" means the state board of registration of funeral directors and embalmers established under RSA 325:2. IV. ?"Disposition container" means a container in which human remains are placed and means a container made of wood, wicker, grass, cardboard, or other bio-degradable container, or a shroud made of cotton, linen, wool

• 325:8-A · amend · effective 2025-07-01

  No separate permit shall be required when transporting a body by common carrier or remains to his or her final disposition. 4 Embalmers and Funeral Directors; Board Duty. Amend RSA 325:8-a to read as follows: 325:8-a Board Duty; Crematory Licensing; Natural Organic Reduction Facility Licensing. The board shall be responsible for the administration and enforcement of RSA 325-A relative to the cremation

• 325-A · reference · effective 2025-07-01

  of the town or city to use as the permit for final disposition. When the body is to be cremated, at least 48 hours shall elapse before cremation can take place in accordance with RSA 325-A and a separate cremation certificate shall be obtained from the medical examiner and submitted to the crematory with the burial permit pursuant to RSA 325-A. When the body is to be disposed by natural organic reduction

• 325-A:15 · reference · effective 2025-07-01

  a misdemeanor or felony and which has a rational connection with the fitness or capacity of the NOR authority to operate a crematory; IV. ? Conviction of a violation pursuant to RSA 325-A:15; V. ? Obtaining a license as a NOR authority by false representation or fraud; VI. ?Misrepresentation or fraud in the operation of a NOR facility; or VII. ? Failure to allow access by an agent or employee of the boa

• 325-A:18- · reference · effective 2025-07-01

  ephone consultations-$25; death investigations involving an external examination of the body-$140, plus mileage at the state rate; pre-cremation examinations conducted pursuant to RSA 325-A:18-$50; pre-natural organic reduction examinations conducted pursuant to RSA 325-B:14-$60. 6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. LBA 25-1045 12/27/24 SB 53-FN- FISCAL NOTE AS INTRODUCED

• 325-B · reference · effective 2025-07-01

  urial permit pursuant to RSA 325-A. When the body is to be disposed by natural organic reduction (NOR), at least 48 hours shall elapse before NOR can take place in accordance with RSA 325-B and a separate certificate shall be obtained from the medical examiner and submitted to the NOR facility with the burial permit pursuant to RSA 325-B. No separate permit shall be required when transporting a body by co

• 325-B:14- · related · effective 2025-07-01

  the body-$140, plus mileage at the state rate; pre-cremation examinations conducted pursuant to RSA 325-A:18-$50; pre-natural organic reduction examinations conducted pursuant to RSA 325-B:14-$60. 6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. LBA 25-1045 12/27/24 SB 53-FN- FISCAL NOTE AS INTRODUCED AN ACT relative to natural organic reduction of human remains. FISCAL IMPACT:

• 541-A · reference · effective 2025-07-01

  n application with the board at least 30 days prior to the designated date of such relocation. ?The application shall be accompanied by a fee as determined in rules adopted under RSA 541-A. II. ?A NOR authority desiring to change ownership of a NOR facility shall file a written application with the board at least 30 days prior to the designated date of such change. ? The application shall be accompanied

• 5-C:68 · amend · effective 2025-07-01

  take precedence over any existing laws or rules that govern human remains that do not specifically address NOR. 3 Vital Records Administration; Burial Permit Procedures. Amend RSA 5-C:68 to read as follows: 5-C:68 Burial Permit Procedures. When a body is to be stored, the burial permit shall be completed by the cemetery sexton where the body is entombed and sent to the clerk of the town or city where

• 611-B:27 · amend · effective 2025-07-01

  RSA 325-A relative to the cremation of human remains, and RSA 325-B, relative to natural organic reduction of human remains. 5 Assistant Deputy Medical Examiner Accounts. Amend RSA 611-B:27, I to read as follows: I. Assistant deputy medical examiners shall be paid at the following rates: telephone consultations-$25; death investigations involving an external examination of the body-$140, plus mileage at

• 611-B:28 · add · effective 2025-07-01

  e, if requested, to the office of the chief medical examiner, accompanied by a $60 fee. ? The fee shall be deposited in the medico-legal investigative fund established pursuant to RSA 611-B:28. 325-B:15 ?Natural Organic Reduction Authority. I. ?A NOR authority upon receiving human remains shall sign a delivery receipt form and shall hold the human remains, prior to NOR, as provided in this section. ? The f

RSAs mentioned by this document

• RSA 5-C · VITAL RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
• RSA 290 · BURIALS AND DISINTERMENTS
• RSA 310 · OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION
• RSA 325 · EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS
• RSA 325-A · CREMATION OF HUMAN REMAINS
• RSA 541-A · ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT
• RSA 611-B · OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER
• RSA 310:5 · Administration of the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification; Funding
• RSA 325:2 · Board
• RSA 325-A:15 · Acts Prohibited; Penalty
• RSA 325-A:18 · Medical Examiner's Certificate
• RSA 5-C:68 · Burial Permit Procedures
• RSA 611-B:27 · Assistant Deputy Medical Examiner Accounts
• RSA 611-B:28 · Medico-Legal Investigation Fund