Licensure of the Practice of Funeral Service, Funeral Directors and Embalmers

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This is Article 3 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Licensure of the Practice of Funeral Service, Funeral Directors and Embalmers.” It is part of Chapter 28 “Funeral Services”, which is part of Subtitle III “Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions”, which is part of Title 54.1 “Professions and Occupations”. It contains 13 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 13 sections.

§ 54.1-2813	License for the practice of funeral service
§ 54.1-2814	Examination
§ 54.1-2814.1	Registration as a cremator
§ 54.1-2815	Application for license; how license signed; duration
§ 54.1-2816	License renewal; failure to return renewal form
§ 54.1-2816.1	Continuing education requirements; promulgation of regulations
§ 54.1-2817	Funeral service interns
§ 54.1-2818	Registration and display of licenses
§ 54.1-2818.1	Prerequisites for cremation
§ 54.1-2818.2	Inapplicability to officers of state and local institutions
§ 54.1-2818.3	Applications for registration required
§ 54.1-2818.4	Immunity from liability for services after organ and tissue donation
§ 54.1-2818.5	Request for life insurance information; notification of beneficiaries