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RSA 325-A:15 · Acts Prohibited; Penalty

Title: XXX: OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS
Chapter: 325-A · CREMATION OF HUMAN REMAINS
Status: current
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325-A:15 Acts Prohibited; Penalty. –

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Maintaining or operating a crematory in violation of this chapter or any rules of the board is a public nuisance and may be abated as a nuisance as provided by law.

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It shall be a felony to establish, operate, or maintain a crematory subject to this chapter without being licensed as a crematory authority under this chapter, to hold oneself out to the public as a crematory authority without being licensed, or to perform a cremation without a cremation authorization form signed by the authorizing agent and a completed permit for transit or cremation as provided by the board or a cremation permit.

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III.

Signing a cremation authorization form with actual knowledge that the form contains false, incorrect, or misleading information is a felony.

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IV.

A violation of any other provision of this chapter is a misdemeanor. Source. 2006, 288:2, eff. July 1, 2006.

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Source note

Source. 2006, 288:2, eff. July 1, 2006.

Source history

2006, 288:2, eff. July 1, 2006

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2026 HB1457 amend · effective 2026-07-01
ad 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 of human remains, and RSA 325-B, relative to natural organic reduction of human remains. 3 New Chapter; Natural Organic Reduction of Human Remains. Amend RSA by inserting after chapter 325
2026 HB1457 reference · effective 2026-07-01
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
2026 HB1457-FN amend · effective 2026-07-01
ad 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 of human remains, and RSA 325-B, relative to natural organic reduction of human remains. 3 New Chapter; Natural Organic Reduction of Human Remains. Amend RSA by inserting after chapter 325
2026 HB1457-FN reference · effective 2026-07-01
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
2026 SB53 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
2026 SB53 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
2026 SB53-FN reference
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
2026 SB53-FN reference
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