DENVER — There are two new inspectors working in Colorado, doing something that has never been done before: routinely visiting funeral homes and crematories throughout the state.

Already, those two inspectors have discovered bodies hidden inside a mortuary in Southern Colorado , and many believe it is a sign that increased regulation of the industry is a solution to scandals that have plagued Colorado for roughly the last decade.

"We regulate the things that people take for granted," said Sam Delp, the division director for the Division of Professions and Occupations within the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA). "I don't think it even occurred to most people in the public that the funeral industry in Colorado was largely unregulated, and that was part of the problem."

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