Regulations
It 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 MoreFuneral customs around the world are interesting to observe. But, just as the customs are interesting to observe so are the challenges of those in funeral service for profit in the differing countries with differing values in funeral service. I recently read an article in Channel News Asia that you can read here. Land is…
Read MoreWe learned last week in an article that you can read here from Reuters that a cemetery in Canton, Michigan, has been shut down by the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA). It was reported in the article that over one hundred uncremated fetus remains were found at the Knollwood Memorial Park Cemetery…
Read MoreAn article from the Seattle Times that you can read here mentions that the State of Washington currently has only two lawful means of disposition of human remains — burial and cremation. State Senator Jamie Pedersen intends to ask the legislature to double the number of ways by introducing a bill in the next session…
Read MoreOver the weekend I found a couple of articles originating from Great Britain about the European Union and its proposal to restrict the use of formaldehyde in the EU. The articles point out that it is not a “ban” on formaldehyde use but a “restriction” that has the ability to change the way some consumers…
Read MoreFor those readers in the United States of America it is the day we cherish. The day that we get to go to the polls and select who we believe will be the best at managing the public’s interest for the next several years. In some municipalities you can vote for positions that range from…
Read MoreAccording to the Associated Press, in an article that you can read here, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder announced last Thursday that he is adding three new regulators to the State’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs mortuary team. That will bring the total to 7. The regulators have oversight over funeral homes, funeral directors, and…
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