SB2896 - Tennessee: Death, Funeral Directors And Embalmers

Companion Bill HB2606. Funeral Directors and Embalmers - Requires funeral directors to disclose to the purchaser of a funeral service that it is a violation of the law for a funeral establishment to refuse to surrender the custody of a dead human body to the person legally entitled to custody; removes exemption from continuing education requirements if disciplinary action is taken against a licensee by the board. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5. Fiscal Summary for SB2896 / *HB2606Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB2896 / *HB2606 Federal law requires a funeral director to make certain disclosures to a consumer regarding funeral and burial practices. This bill requires a funeral director to make a written disclosure of the following information to the purchaser of a funeral [...]

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