Contents and display of permit; operation and advertisement of funeral establishment or direct cremation facility by person named on permit; maintenance of facility; no prohibition on embalming at central location.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 642.465
in effect1. Each permit to operate a funeral establishment or direct cremation facility must be issued in the name under which the establishment or facility will conduct business, specify the name of the owner of the establishment and be displayed conspicuously in the funeral establishment or direct cremation facility for which it was issued.
2. A funeral establishment or direct cremation facility must not be operated or advertised as being operated under any name other than the name under which the funeral establishment or direct cremation facility conducts business as it appears on the permit.
3. Each funeral establishment and direct cremation facility which has been issued a permit by the Board pursuant to this chapter or chapter 451 or 452 of NRS shall maintain its facilities in a sanitary and professional manner.
4. Each funeral establishment and direct cremation facility which has been issued a permit by the Board pursuant to this chapter or chapter 451 or 452 of NRS must have a licensed funeral director to manage the establishment or facility in accordance with the provisions of NRS 642.345 , and the name of the funeral director must be specified on the permit issued to the funeral establishment or direct cremation facility, as applicable.
5. Any advertising, including, without limitation, signage, for a direct cremation facility must specify that the facility is limited to providing direct cremation services.
6. Nothing in this chapter or chapter 451 or 452 of NRS shall be construed as prohibiting embalming from occurring at a central location.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-642.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026