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“When grieving the loss of a loved one, the last thing a family should worry about is the trustworthiness and professionalism of those entrusted to care for the person who has passed," Polis says in a statement."I am proud to be signing these bills.", requires individuals to obtain a license to work as a funeral director, mortuary science practitioner, embalmer, cremationist or natural reductionist by January 1, 2027.
“Enough is enough. It is long past time for funeral tragedies in our state to stop," Senator Dylan Roberts, a sponsor of both bills, says in a statement."Coloradans should be able to trust the services being provided during the most difficult moments of their families’ lives – but too often in Colorado, our state’s lack of oversight results in tragedy instead. We worked hard this year to correct that.