HB520 Alabama 2016 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

K.L. Brown

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2016

Title

Funeral Service, Alabama Board of, sale of funeral merchandise or funeral supplies deleted from definition of funeral directing and funeral director, Sec. 34-13-1 am'd.

Summary

HB520 would remove the sale of funeral merchandise or supplies from being part of the definitions of funeral directing and funeral director under Alabama law.

What This Bill Does

The bill amends Section 34-13-1 to remove the sale of funeral merchandise or supplies from the definitions of funeral directing and funeral director. This means that selling funeral merchandise would no longer be treated as a function of funeral directing or as something a funeral director does under those definitions. The change could alter how licensing and regulation apply to selling funeral merchandise, separating merchandise sales from funeral directing duties. The act also states when the new rules take effect.

Who It Affects

• Funeral directors and their scope of work, since merchandise sales would no longer be included in the definition of funeral directing.
• Funeral merchandise retailers/suppliers, who may no longer be regulated as part of funeral directing and could operate outside that specific scope.

Key Provisions

• Deletes from the definitions of funeral directing and funeral director the sale of funeral merchandise or funeral supplies in Section 34-13-1.
• Effective date: becomes effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor.

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Subjects

Funeral Service, Board of