The sale or provision of the following goods or services shall require licensure as a funeral home, except as provided in RSA 290:

1. (a) Consulting with members of the general public about, or making arrangements concerning the disposition of human remains, including arrangements for cremation, for compensation;
2. (b) Removing a deceased human body from a place of death;
3. (c) Transporting human remains;
4. (d) Embalming human remains;
5. (e) Performing restorative and cosmetic work on human remains, including hairdressing;
6. (f) Dressing human remains;
7. (g) Casketing human remains;
8. (h) Making burial, cemetery, cremation or anatomical gift arrangements at the request of the decedent or decedent’s family, or any other person(s) of proper legal authority pursuant to RSA 290:16 IV;
9. (i) Providing of professional vehicles in connection with a funeral service;
10. (j) Arranging for religious services and clergy for funeral or memorial services and the final disposition of human remains;
11. (k) Providing assistance during visiting hours and at the funeral service, and for other funeral service related functions and responsibilities;
12. (l) Securing and processing required documents, such as death certificates, burial permits, certified copies of the death certificate, and documents for foreign shipment of human remains;
13. (m) Making arrangements with medical examiners;
14. (n) Preparing, negotiating or executing any pre-need funeral contract, or receiving any funds tendered as payment for the funeral goods or services identified in such a pre-need funeral contract; or
15. (o) Engaging in such other activities considered to be a part of the business, practice, science or profession of embalming or funeral directing as commonly practiced.

Source. #1689, eff 12-22-80; ss by#2344, eff 4-15-83; ss by #2986, eff 3-18-85; ss by #4357, eff 1-20-88, EXPIRED: 1-20-94 New. #10988, eff 12-7-15