Modern Embalming in Romania: Some Regulations and Restrictions

Abstract

The legal framework on embalming was updated not long ago by the Technical and Health Rules regarding funeral services, burial, cremation, transport, exhumation, and reburial of human corpses, cemeteries, and human crematoriums. Recently, the Infectious risk classification methodology for people deceased with infectious diseases has provided clarification on some situations where embalming is permitted or prohibited. As such, this article aims to explore who can perform the embalming, as well as the situations when the embalming is mandatory, forbidden, impossible, or optional.