SB1044: Funeral directors and embalmers; Board to promulgate regulations for licensure.


VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER
An Act directing the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers to promulgate regulations establishing licensure requirements for funeral directors and embalmers.
[S 1044]
Approved

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers shall promulgate regulations that establish the requirements of licensure for funeral directors and embalmers as defined in § 54.1-2800.

2. That the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this act to be effective within 280 days of its enactment.


SENATE BILL NO. 1044
FLOOR AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by Senator McPike
on February 3, 2020)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator McPike)
A BILL directing the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers to promulgate regulations establishing licensure requirements for funeral directors and embalmers.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers shall promulgate regulations that establish the requirements of licensure for funeral directors and embalmers as defined in § 54.1-2800.

2. That the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this act to be effective within 280 days of its enactment.


SENATE BILL NO. 1044
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology
on January 29, 2020)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator McPike)
A BILL directing the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers to promulgate regulations establishing an expedited process for the licensure of funeral directors and embalmers.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers shall promulgate regulations that establish an expedited process for the licensure of funeral directors and embalmers.

2. That the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this act to be effective within 280 days of its enactment.

SENATE BILL NO. 1044

Offered January 17, 2020
A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-2804 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; licensing.
Patron-- McPike

Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 54.1-2804 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 54.1-2804. Licensing authority.

The Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers is authorized to determine the qualifications to enable any person to engage in the practice of funeral service, preneed funeral planning, funeral directing, embalming, and the operation of a funeral service establishment. The Board shall be authorized to issue separate licenses for (i) funeral director, (ii) embalmer, and (iii) funeral services.