Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-212
Embalming, care and disposal of bodies restricted
Connecticut · General Statutes of Connecticut Chapter 385 — Embalmers and Funeral Directors · Status: effective
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- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-212, Embalming, care and disposal of bodies restricted, Connecticut, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2189137
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No person, except a licensed embalmer, shall inject any fluid or substance into any dead human body, except that a registered apprentice embalmer may, even if not in the presence of a licensed embalmer, make such injection or perform any other act under such licensed embalmer's instruction; and no person, firm or corporation shall enter, engage in, carry on or manage for another the business of caring for, preserving or disposing of dead human bodies until each person, firm or corporation so engaged has obtained from the Department of Public Health and holds a license as provided in this chapter; nor shall any person be employed to remove a dead human body, except a licensed embalmer, a registered apprentice embalmer, a licensed funeral director, or a person authorized in each instance by the Chief Medical Examiner, Deputy Medical Examiner or assistant medical examiner incidental to examining the body of a deceased person, except that once a dead human body has been prepared in accordance with the regulations of Connecticut state agencies and the applicable provisions of the general statutes, an embalmer or funeral director licensed in this state may authorize an unlicensed employee to transport such body. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any person licensed as an embalmer or as a funeral director under the laws of another state from bringing into or removing from this state a dead human body, provided any and all other laws of this state relative to such body have been complied with. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any student who is enrolled in a program of education in mortuary science, approved by the board, with the consent of the Commissioner of Public Health, from embalming up to ten human bodies under the supervision of a licensed embalmer and incidental to such student's course of study. Such embalming shall be counted toward the embalming requirement outlined in section 20-213 when such student becomes a registered apprentice embalmer.