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Officers; expenses; assistants and employees; assistance of counsel; subpoena power; adoption of rules and regulations

Section
73-11-51

Examination of applicants for license; qualifications; fees; reciprocity; renewal of license; license not assignable or valid for any person other than licensee; exemption for students enrolled in accredited funeral service technology or mortuary science programs

Section
73-11-53

Funeral service or funeral director trainee and apprenticeship program; resident traineeship certificate

Section
73-11-55

Licensing of funeral establishment; license classifications; exceptions; requirements; applications and fees

Section
73-11-56

Schedule of fees

Section
73-11-57

Grounds for refusal to issue or renew license; suspension or revocation of license; complaint procedure; temporary suspension of license; sanctions for violations; hearings; attendance of witnesses; production of books and records; subpoenas; appeal from decision of board or judgment or decree of circuit court; monetary penalties

Section
73-11-57.1

Authority to revoke, refuse to renew, suspend or place on probation license of funeral home establishment or director under certain circumstances

Section
73-11-58

Procedure for disposition of decedent's body where no written authorization was left by decedent

Section
73-11-59

Penalties

Section
73-11-61

Price list and statement of goods and services must be provided before services rendered

Section
73-11-63

Application of provisions to cemeteries or cemetery chapels; chapter does not interfere with religious ceremonies or customs

Section
73-11-65

Funeral service interments must be under supervision of Mississippi licensed funeral director or funeral service licensee

Section
73-11-67

Retail sellers of caskets required to register annually with board; procedure for disciplinary proceedings

Section
73-11-69

Licensing and regulation of crematory facilities

Section
73-11-71

Intermingling of cremated remains prohibited; written acknowledgment from person entitled to control disposition of remains; content of acknowledgment

Section
73-11-73

Removal of body from place of death, embalming body, or cremating body without permission of next of kin prohibited; picking up or removing body on first call; written record of oral consent for embalming or cremation required

State Board of Funeral Service

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Repeal of Sections 73-11-41 through 73-11-73

Definitions

State board of funeral service; membership

Oath of office

Meetings; quorum; removal for nonattendance

Officers; expenses; assistants and employees; assistance of counsel; subpoena power; adoption of rules and regulations

Examination of applicants for license; qualifications; fees; reciprocity; renewal of license; license not assignable or valid for any person other than licensee; exemption for students enrolled in accredited funeral service technology or mortuary science programs

Funeral service or funeral director trainee and apprenticeship program; resident traineeship certificate

Licensing of funeral establishment; license classifications; exceptions; requirements; applications and fees

Schedule of fees

Authority to revoke, refuse to renew, suspend or place on probation license of funeral home establishment or director under certain circumstances

Procedure for disposition of decedent's body where no written authorization was left by decedent

Penalties

Price list and statement of goods and services must be provided before services rendered

Application of provisions to cemeteries or cemetery chapels; chapter does not interfere with religious ceremonies or customs

Funeral service interments must be under supervision of Mississippi licensed funeral director or funeral service licensee

Retail sellers of caskets required to register annually with board; procedure for disciplinary proceedings

Licensing and regulation of crematory facilities

Intermingling of cremated remains prohibited; written acknowledgment from person entitled to control disposition of remains; content of acknowledgment

Removal of body from place of death, embalming body, or cremating body without permission of next of kin prohibited; picking up or removing body on first call; written record of oral consent for embalming or cremation required