Regulations
An interesting bill that may have ramifications for beyond West Virginia was recently referred to the West Virginia House Finance Committee. The bill, which should come up for debate and possible vote this session stems from the fact that the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources ran out of indigent burial funding last…
Read MoreAccording to an article and news video that you can see here from CBSlocal 2 in California, a home removal has led to a complaint against the Trident Society in Rancho Mirage, California. The article tells of the death of Karol Spohn at her home on November 12. Ms. Spohn had pre-arranged and paid over…
Read MoreLast week a jury was seated and opening statements were begun in the criminal trial of Arthur Rathburn, age 64, of Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan. Rathburn is accused of fraudulently misrepresenting his unusual product, that of parts of bodies that had been donated for research. According to an article on the case that you can…
Read MoreYesterday I read of two cases where funeral homes faced examiners because of problems at their mortuaries and in both cases both funeral homes have had their licenses revoked for a period of time from the respective examining boards. While the funeral homes may have the chance to plead their case and appeal, much of…
Read MoreToday we will bring you some excerpts from the second part in Reuters five-part series entitled “The Body Trade: Cashing in on the Donated Dead”. As we mentioned in our last article on the subject this is an explosive series that found, what they believe, to be a lot of problems with the business of…
Read MoreMany of you in the death care industry were probably sideswiped yesterday when Reuters first part in its investigative series on what it terms “The Body Trade” was released. This expose – which Reuters tell us will be a five-part series – will tell of the underworld nature of what happens, in some instances, with bodies…
Read MoreYesterday I was active in our Minnesota Funeral Director’s Association (MFDA) Fall Continuing Education meetings. The MFDA puts these on over about 10 days in the fall in different locations in an effort to tell all death care professionals what is going on in the industry. It is always a great source to go to,…
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