Body parts businesses may soon be regulated
MONTROSE — A bill has passed the Colorado Senate to restrict activities that were commonplace at a Montrose funeral home/body parts business. The bill still must pass the House and be signed by the governor.
Sunset Mesa Funeral Directors, a funeral home in Montrose, also operated a body parts business. Misconduct was alleged. The FBI raided the funeral home earlier this year and the funeral home lost its license to operate.
According to a report in the Denver Post, the operation may be the only one in the country that combined a funeral home and a body parts business. Body parts companies sell human organs to research institutions, not for transplant. Tissue banks are already regulated.
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MONTROSE — A bill has passed the Colorado Senate to restrict activities that were commonplace at a Montrose funeral home/body parts business. The bill still must pass the House and be signed by the governor.
Sunset Mesa Funeral Directors, a funeral home in Montrose, also operated a body parts business. Misconduct was alleged. The FBI raided the funeral home earlier this year and the funeral home lost its license to operate.
According to a report in the Denver Post, the operation may be the only one in the country that combined a funeral…
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