Section 149A.74 — Funeral Services Provided Without Prior Approval.
149A.74 FUNERAL SERVICES PROVIDED WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL. Subdivision 1. Services provided without prior approval; deceptive acts or practices. In selling or offering to sell funeral goods or funeral services to the public, it is a deceptive act or practice for any funeral provider to embalm a dead human body unless state or local law or […]
Section 149A.745 — Prohibition On Preinterment Of Outer Burial Containers.
149A.745 PROHIBITION ON PREINTERMENT OF OUTER BURIAL CONTAINERS. A funeral provider is prohibited from interring a lined and sealed outer burial container until the death of the beneficiary. History: 2000 c 438 s 28
Section 149A.75 — Funeral Industry Practices; Retention Of Documents.
149A.75 FUNERAL INDUSTRY PRACTICES; RETENTION OF DOCUMENTS. Funeral providers must retain and make available for inspection true and accurate copies of the applicable price lists specified in section 149A.71, subdivision 2, paragraphs (c) to (e), for a minimum of one calendar year after the date of their last distribution to customers. In addition, funeral providers […]
Section 149A.76 — Funeral Industry Practices; Comprehension Of Disclosures.
149A.76 FUNERAL INDUSTRY PRACTICES; COMPREHENSION OF DISCLOSURES. Funeral providers must make all disclosures required under sections 149A.71 to 149A.74 in a clear and conspicuous manner. History: 1997 c 215 s 33
Section 149A.80 — Death; Right To Control And Duty Of Disposition.
149A.80 DEATH; RIGHT TO CONTROL AND DUTY OF DISPOSITION. Subdivision 1. Advance directives and will of decedent. A person may direct the preparation for, type, or place of that person’s final disposition, as well as the type of conveyance to be used to transport the body to the place of final disposition by written instructions. […]
Section 149A.81 — Anatomical Gifts.
149A.81 ANATOMICAL GIFTS. Subdivision 1. Duty of disposition; gift of part of a body. This chapter does not apply to or interfere with the making of an anatomical gift under chapter 525A, except as provided in this subdivision. When the anatomical gift is of a part of a body, after procurement of the gift organ […]
Section 149A.90 — Death; Registration And Removal From Place Of Death.
149A.90 DEATH; REGISTRATION AND REMOVAL FROM PLACE OF DEATH. Subdivision 1. Death record. (a) Except as provided in this section, a death record must be completed and filed for every known death by the mortician, funeral director, or other person lawfully in charge of the final disposition of the body. (b) If the body is […]
Section 149A.91 — Preparation Of Body.
149A.91 PREPARATION OF BODY. Subdivision 1. Universal precautions. In handling and preparing dead human bodies for final disposition, any person who comes in direct contact with an unembalmed dead human body or who enters a room where dead human bodies are embalmed, shall use universal precautions and otherwise exercise all reasonable precautions to minimize the […]
Section 149A.71 — Funeral Industry Practices; Price Disclosures.
149A.71 FUNERAL INDUSTRY PRACTICES; PRICE DISCLOSURES. Subdivision 1. Unfair or deceptive acts or practices. In selling or offering to sell funeral goods, funeral services, burial site goods, or burial site services to the public, it is an unfair or deceptive act or practice for a funeral provider to fail to furnish accurate price information disclosing […]
Section 149A.53 — Renewal Of License To Operate Crematory.
149A.53 RENEWAL OF LICENSE TO OPERATE CREMATORY. Subdivision 1. Renewal required. All licenses to operate a crematory issued by the commissioner expire on June 30 following the date of issuance of the license and must be renewed to remain valid. Subd. 2. Renewal procedure and documentation. Licensees who wish to renew their licenses must submit […]