
Keeping Pace with Louisiana's Needs: Mortuary Coolers in the Bayou State
Louisiana's Diverse Landscape and the Need for Mortuary Coolers:
Louisiana's Diverse Landscape and the Need for Mortuary Coolers:
A refrigeration unit that is suitable for housing dead human bodies. Beginning January 1, 2021, and each January 1 after that date, the funeral establishment shall ensure that the refrigeration unit required under this subparagraph has the capacity to provide a minimum number of spaces to house dead human bodies. The minimum number of spaces must be calculated as follows:
Human remains kept under refrigeration over 24 hours beyond death shall be maintained at a temperature level between 35° and 40°F. The remains shall be buried, cremated or entombed within 5 hours following removal from refrigeration.
(1) Refrigeration units for the storage of human remains in a crematory facility shall:
(a) Hold a minimum 3 human remains.
(b) Maintain a constant temperature between 35 degrees to 45 degrees Fahrenheit at all times.
(2) Human remains shall never be stacked or placed upon other human remains. For this rule stacked shall mean in direct contact one on top of the other.
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