Regulations
A news report and video story from NBC 15 that you can see here came out of came out of Alabama late last week. The report, out of the town of Prichard in Mobile County, suggests that an illegal cemetery that was in use has allowed caskets to be dug up and reused. The report…
Read MoreToday as all American’s are filing their federal income taxes, and I’m no exception, I’m saving a little time and just giving you a couple of articles pertaining to the funeral industry that I found on the wire services. The first article that you can find here is an article from Jamaica where established funeral…
Read MoreIt was a different day and age 30-40 years ago when funeral directors and those in the funeral profession were sought out for their opinions on anything death care related. Opinions were given and communities and consumers accepted the educated opinions of the death care professionals. It may be that funeral directors and others in…
Read MoreAccording to this article from the Cape Breton Post, the Nova Scotia, Canada Board of Registration of Embalmers and Funeral Directors is offering two seats on their public board to members of the general public. The board has always been set up with only members from the funeral service profession or members nominated by the…
Read MoreIt was announced earlier this week that an Alabama jury has awarded damages of $12 million to a family whose cremated remains were lost by a funeral home. You can read coverage from Alabama.com here and the Associated Press here. [wpforms id=”436″ title=”true” description=”true”]
Read MoreA bill that would make composting of human beings a legal form of human disposition cleared its first hurdle in the State of Washington passing a Senate vote with a 36-11 margin last week. You can read an article about the vote and Senate bill SB 5001 here. The bill’s main sponsor, Sen. Jamie Pedersen…
Read MoreAustralia – After a series of high profile abuses of the financial services industry in Australia in the last couple of years, the Australian government commissioned High Court Justice and royal commissioner Kenneth Hayne to investigate the complete financial services industry and come up with some ideas on how to regulate such. That report has…
Read MoreOver the past couple of days I’ve noticed a couple articles on rules and regulations in the Death Care industry. These are not generally municipal or national rules but some rules that are now in effect in different places for different reasons. I guess all that I have cited here make some sense to those…
Read More
