N.M. Stat. § 61-32-25
Additional prohibitions. (Repealed effective July 1, 2030.)
A. No person licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Funeral Services Act shall
advertise under any name that tends to mislead the public or that sufficiently resembles
the professional or business name of another license holder or that may cause
confusion or misunderstanding.
B. No person licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Funeral Services Act shall
transport or cause to be transported by common carrier any dead human body out of
this state when the licensee knows or has reason to believe that the dead human body
carries any notifiable communicable disease or when the transportation would take
place more than twenty-four hours after death, unless the body has been prepared or
embalmed as provided in the Funeral Services Act, unless approval for transportation
has been given by the office of the medical investigator, the secretary of health, a court
of competent jurisdiction or other authorized official or unless the body is placed in a
sealed container.
C. No person licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Funeral Services Act shall
remove, and no authorized person shall embalm, a dead human body when the
authorized person has information indicating crime or violence of any sort in connection
with the cause or manner of death, unless in accordance with instructions or regulations
of the office of the medical investigator or until permission has been obtained from the
office of the medical investigator or other authorized official.