Bill Text: SC H3550 | 2021-2022 | 124th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Perpetual care cemetery company and funeral directors
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-12 - Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry [H3550 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2021-H3550-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 40-8-150, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST A LICENSED PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY COMPANY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A COMPANY MAY BE DISCIPLINED FOR FAILING TO ACCOMMODATE TIMELY BURIALS AFTER A FUNERAL SERVICE; AND TO AMEND SECTION 40-19-110, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT FOR A FUNERAL DIRECTOR, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS DEEMED UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT FOR A FUNERAL DIRECTOR TO ARRANGE A FUNERAL SERVICE WITHOUT SCHEDULING A TIMELY BURIAL OF THE REMAINS OF THE DECEASED PERSON.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 40-8-150 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately numbered item at the end to read:
"( ) fails to accommodate the timely burial of the remains of a deceased person following a funeral service."
SECTION 2. Section 40-19-110 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 135 of 2018, is further amended by adding an appropriately numbered item at the end to read:
"( ) arranging a funeral service without scheduling or arranging for the timely burial of the remains of the deceased person."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.