§ 1211. Definitions (a) As used in this chapter, unless a contrary meaning is required by the context: (1) “Crematory establishment” means a business registered with the Office conducted at a specific street address or location devoted to the disposition of dead human bodies by means of cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, or any other type of […]
§ 1212. Advisor appointees; Director duties; rules [Subdivision (a)(1) effective until January 1, 2023.] (a)(1) The Secretary of State shall appoint four persons for five-year staggered terms to serve at the Secretary’s pleasure as advisors in matters relating to funeral service. Three of the initial appointments shall be for four-, three-, and two-year terms. Appointees […]
§ 1213. Inspection of premises (a) The Director or his or her designee may, at any reasonable time, inspect funeral and crematory establishments. (b) Each funeral and crematory establishment shall be inspected at least once every two years. Copies of the inspector’s report of inspections of establishments shall be provided to the Director. (Amended 1969, […]
§ 1215. Penalties; jurisdiction of offenses (a) A person who engages in the practice of funeral services without a license shall be subject to the penalties provided in 3 V.S.A. § 127. (b) A person shall not embalm or introduce any fluid into a dead human body unless the person is a licensed embalmer or […]
§ 1216. Construction (a) Nothing herein shall be construed as meaning that a licensed funeral establishment shall not have the right to prepare at the residence or place of death or some place approved by the local board of health a dead human body for burial. (b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to […]
