New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 36 - STATE BOARD OF MORTUARY SCIENCE
Subchapter 5 - MORTUARIES
Section 13:36-5.6 - Equipment requirements

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:36-5.6

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) Every funeral establishment in the State shall have in its preparation or embalming room and shall be equipped with, at a minimum, the following:

1. Leakproof trash can;

2. Instrument cabinet;

3. Disinfecting agents;

4. Drainage or viscera bucket;

5. Embalming table, porcelain or metal with a drainage opening in the lower end;

6. Hydro-aspirator with approved vacuum breaker, electric aspirator, or other approved aspirator;

7. Waste sink with a minimum two inch drain;

8. Wash basin with hot and cold running potable water;

9. One leakproof container for storing dirty linens;

10. For each licensee and trainee, protection, apparel and/or equipment as required by all applicable standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Agency (OSHA) and N.J.A.C. 7:26-3A, the Department of Environmental Protection regulations which implement the Comprehensive Regulated Medical Waste Management Act, 13:1E-48.1 et seq.

11. One container of hardening compound;

12. One set metal or rubber drain tubes (large, medium, small);

13. One set metal injection tubes (large, medium, small);

14. One aneurism needle or aneurism hook;

15. One large trocar;

16. One small trocar;

17. One scalpel;

18. One pair scissors;

19. Two hemostats;

20. Two forceps;

21. One hypodermic syringe;

22. Hypodermic needles (assorted);

23. Suture needles;

24. Suture thread;

25. An electrically-powered embalming machine; and

26. Clear, white, or flesh-colored adhesive tape.

(b) All instruments and appliances used in embalming shall be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected immediately after the conclusion of each individual case.

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