Regulations
I’m penning this article on Wednesday, one day before it is published while I have the memories of the National Funeral Directors Association International Expo fresh in my memory. I spent Saturday through Tuesday afternoon at the convention in Baltimore, Maryland, leaving Tuesday evening and arriving home late on that same evening. In today’s edition…
Read MoreIt’s been a long time since I’ve attended a National Funeral Directors Association national convention. But, tomorrow I’m heading off to Baltimore, Maryland, for the 2022 edition of the NFDA convention. I did not attend the NFDA Annual Convention during my funeral directing years very often. I’ve always enjoyed the ones that I’ve went to…
Read MoreLast week a jury in Maine deliberated and found a verdict against a Lewistown, Maine, funeral home and its owner. Here’s what the website CentralMaine.com said of the deliberations, “A jury awarded Marielle Bischoff-Wurstle, 34, of Falmouth, $5.5 million Friday as compensation for significant emotional damage suffered because her father’s body was left to decompose…
Read MoreEarlier this week California Governor Gavin Newsom quietly signed a bill that now becomes law which includes disposition of the dead human body via “human composting”. According to this article from KABC Television of Los Angeles supporters say it’s an environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional end-of-life options. The law does not go into effect until 2027. …
Read MoreOne of the few positives to come out of the Covid-19 pandemic may be the way that funeral directors were perceived by the public. There’s no doubt that during the pandemic funeral directors were seen as unselfish heroes in many communities for the way they handled the high number of deaths. And it may be,…
Read MoreLast week I saw an article about the Fast Food Accountability and Standards (FAST) Recovery Act that has passed both houses of the California legislature and is awaiting a signature by Governor Gavin Newsome to make it a law. Part of what that law would do is create a 10-person fast-food council with employee and…
Read MoreIf you have followed Funeral Director Daily for any length of time you know that I like to write articles about business. Sometimes I know that I get a little “heavy” on the business articles. However, I also try to put information on other subjects out there to keep a variety of topics at the…
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