What are 6 items outlined by the Funeral Rule?
These guidelines do not amend or modify the Rule. They explain the requirements of the revised Funeral Rule and discuss how to prepare documents required by the Rule — the General Price List, the Casket Price List, the Outer Burial Container Price List, and the Statement of Funeral Goods and Services Selected.
What is not a FTC Funeral Rule?
If you offer to sell both goods and services, you must comply with the Rule for every customer. However, you are not covered by the Rule if you sell only funeral goods, such as caskets, but not services relating to the disposition of remains.
What triggers the FTC Funeral Rule?
Under the FTC’s Funeral Rule, consumers have the right to get a general price list from a funeral provider when they ask about funeral arrangements. The Funeral Rule applies anytime a consumer seeks information from a funeral provider, whether the consumer is asking about pre-need or at-need arrangements.
Can you buy your own casket for a funeral?
In California, do I have to buy a casket from the funeral home? No. Federal law requires funeral homes to accept caskets that consumers have purchased from another source, such as an online retailer. You may also build your own casket.
Does the dead have rights?
Many legal rules suggest that the dead do not have rights. The executor of an estate cannot sue for the libel or slander of a deceased person. And the right to medical privacy substantially erodes at death, giving family members the ability to obtain sensitive information about a decedent’s medical conditions.
Is it illegal to keep a corpse?
Keeping or bringing a loved one home after death is legal in every state for bathing, dressing, private viewing, and ceremony as the family chooses. Every state recognizes the next-of-kin’s custody and control of the body that allows the opportunity to hold a home vigil.
Can you bury two bodies in casket?
It’s not legal to bury two bodies together if one of them is not deceased. It’s a pretty common practice to have cremains of a loved one buried in an existing casket of spouse or parent who preceded the decedent.