In the interest of, and to better secure, the public health, safety and welfare and for the more efficient administration and supervision of sanitary codes and health regulations, the practice of mortuary science and the practice of embalming and funeral directing are hereby declared to be occupations charged with a high degree of public interest and subject to strict regulation and control.

L.1952, c. 340, p. 1097, s. 2. Amended by L.1960, c. 184, p. 760, s. 1.