16.64.4.12 NMAC

Refrigeration

Last amended: 2001Year: 2001Length: 62 wordsOfficial source
All bodies which are refrigerated in lieu of, or prior to, embalming shall be stored at a temperature not to exceed 40 degrees fahrenheit {five degrees celsius} and shall not be taken out of refrigeration until such time as the dead human body is being prepared to be embalmed, upon final disposition, or for identification purposes only not to exceed 30 minutes.