KUNC: Until last summer, Coloradans who wanted to learn more about problems inspectors found at funeral homes could get copies of their reports. The documents would reveal whether refrigerators storing bodies were set at the correct temperature, whether the facility was sanitary, whether or not workers had the proper equipment and if records were properly maintained.

But state regulators say the legislature removed the public’s access to funeral home inspection reports last year in the same bill they passed to tighten regulations on the industry. This came in the wake of several scandals involving fake ashes and mishandled remains.

The state’s new policy has made inspection reports inaccessible to the public, even as Colorado ramps up efforts to hire inspectors, increase funeral home inspections and initiate a new policy to inspect every facility at least once a year.

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