Bill Text: MS HB1435 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Funeral director assistants; authorize to perform all activities of funeral directors with certain exceptions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee [HB1435 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2023-HB1435-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2023 Regular Session

To: Public Health and Human Services

By: Representative Banks

House Bill 1435

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-11-65, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE FUNERAL DIRECTOR ASSISTANTS TO PERFORM ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT A FUNERAL DIRECTOR MAY PERFORM EXCEPT FOR MAKING FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 73-11-65, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     73-11-65.  (1)  Every funeral service or interment, or part thereof, that is conducted in Mississippi must be in the actual charge and under the supervision of a funeral director or funeral service licensee who is licensed under this chapter.  However, this section shall not prevent a family from burying its own dead without charge.

     (2)  A funeral director assistant, under the supervision of a licensed funeral director, may perform all of the activities that a funeral director may perform except for making funeral arrangements.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.

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