SB410 Alabama 2016 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Vivian Davis FiguresSenator

Democrat

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

SB410 removes the sale of funeral merchandise or funeral supplies from the definitions of funeral directing and funeral director in Alabama law.

What This Bill Does

If passed, the bill narrows the scope of funeral directing by excluding the sale of funeral merchandise and supplies from its definition. This changes how the Alabama Board of Funeral Service regulates those activities and separates merchandise sales from the practice of funeral directing. The act amends Section 34-13-1 and becomes effective July 1, 2016.

Who It Affects

• Licensed funeral directors and funeral establishments, whose regulatory scope for directing funerals and related services would no longer include selling funeral merchandise as part of funeral directing.
• Funeral merchandise or funeral supplies sellers, whose sales would no longer be treated as part of funeral directing under the Board's definitions.

Key Provisions

• Deletes from the definitions of funeral directing and funeral director the sale of funeral merchandise or funeral supplies.
• Amends Section 34-13-1 to reflect the new definitions and related terms, clarifying the separation between funeral directing and the sale of funeral merchandise.
• Effective date: the act becomes law on the first day of the third month after its passage and approval by the Governor (July 1, 2016).

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Subjects

Funeral Service, Board of