1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; exempting certain funeral establishments from minimum 
1.3 	requirements for preparation and embalming rooms;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2014, section 149A.92, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 
1.5 	2015 Supplement, section 149A.92, subdivision 1.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 149A.92, subdivision 1, 
1.8 	is amended to read:
1.9 		Subdivision 1.Establishment update. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 11, a 
1.10 	funeral establishment with other establishment locations that uses one preparation and 
1.11 	embalming room for all establishment locations has until July 1, 2017, to bring the other 
1.12 	establishment locations that are not used for preparation or embalming into compliance 
1.13 	with this section so long as the preparation and embalming room that is used complies 
1.14 	with the minimum standards in this section.
1.15 	(b) At the time that ownership of a funeral establishment changes, the physical 
1.16 	location of the establishment changes, or the building housing the funeral establishment or 
1.17 	business space of the establishment is remodeled the existing preparation and embalming 
1.18 	room must be brought into compliance with the minimum standards in this section and in 
1.19 	accordance with subdivision 11.
1.20 	(c) This subdivision does not apply to a funeral establishment governed by 
1.21 	subdivision 1a.

1.22 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 149A.92, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.23 	to read:
2.1 		Subd. 1a.Exemption. A funeral establishment having a preparation and embalming 
2.2 	room that has not been used for the preparation or embalming of a dead human body in the 
2.3 	12 calendar months prior to July 1, 1997, is exempt from the minimum requirements in 
2.4 	subdivisions 2 to 6 until one or more of the criteria in paragraph (b) is met.
2.5 	(b) At the time that ownership of a funeral establishment changes, the physical 
2.6 	location of the establishment changes, or the building housing the funeral establishment or 
2.7 	business space of the establishment is remodeled, the existing preparation and embalming 
2.8 	room must be brought into compliance with the minimum standards in this section.