Statutes Governing Funeral Service in North Carolina
Chapter 90, Article 13A Board established, authority, general
practice of funeral service, to include licensing, etc.
Chapter 90, Article 13D Preneed
Chapter 90, Article 13E Mutual Burial Associations
Chapter 90, Article 13F Cremation
Rules Governing Funeral Service in North Carolina
(Title 21 of NC Administrative Code)
Subchapter
34A - Board Functions
|
Section .0100- General Provisions; Section .0200- Fees & other Payments |
Subchapter 34B - Funeral Service
|
Section
.0100- Resident Trainees; Section
.0200- Examinations; Section
.0300- Licensing; Section
.0400- Continuing Education; Section
.0500- Out-of-state
Licenses; Section
.0600- Funeral Establishments; Section
.0700- Preparation of Dead bodies |
Subchapter 34C - Crematories
|
Section
.0100- General Provisions;
Section
.0200- Equipment & Processing;
Section
.0300- Authorizations, Reports, Records |
Subchapter
34D - Preneed Funeral Contracts
|
Section
.0100- General Provisions; Section
.0200- Licensing; Section
.0300- Operations; Section
.0400- Preneed Recovery Fund |
Statutes Related to the Practice of Funeral Service
In North Carolina
CHAPTER 14 CRIMINAL LAW (Disorderly conduct at funerals)
§ 14-288.4. Disorderly conduct
CHAPTER 65 NORTH CAROLINA CEMETERY ACT
§ 65-77. Minimum
burial depth;
§ 65-106. Removal of graves;
who may disinter, move, and reinter; notice; certificate filed; reinterment
expenses; due care required
CHAPTER 20 NORTH CAROLINA MOTOR VEHICLES
§ 20-157.1. Funeral processions
CHAPTER 130A PUBLIC HEALTH
Commission of Anatomy:
§ 130A‑33.30. Commission of Anatomy – Creation; powers and duties.
§ 130A‑33.31. Commission of Anatomy – Members; selection; term; chairman;
quorum; meetings.
§ 130A‑33.32. Commission of Anatomy – Reference to former Board of
Anatomy in testamentary disposition
Vital Statistics:
§ 130A‑26A. Violations of Article 4.
§ 130A-93. Access to vital records;
copies
§ 130A-93.1. Fees for vital records copies or search;
automation fund
§ 130A-97. Duties of local registrars
§ 130A-99. Register of deeds to preserve copies of birth and death records
§ 130A-112. Notification of death
§ 130A-113. Permits for burial-transit, authorization for cremation and
disinterment-reinterment
§ 130A-114. Fetal death registration
§ 130A-115. Death registration
§ 130A-116. Contents of death certificate
§ 130A-117. Persons required to keep records and provide information
§ 130A-118. Amendment of birth and death certificates
Communicable Diseases:
§ 130A‑134. Reportable diseases and conditions.
§ 130A-135. Physicians to report.
§ 130A-146. Transportation of bodies of persons who have died of reportable
diseases
Investigations and Disposition:
§ 130A-383. Medical examiner jurisdiction
§ 130A-384. Notification concerning out-of-state body
§ 130A-385. Duties of medical examiner upon receipt of
notice; reports; copies
§ 130A-388. Medical examiner's permission necessary before embalming, burial and cremation
§ 130A-389. Autopsies
§ 130A-390. Exhumations
§ 130A-391. Corneal tissue removal
§ 130A‑392. Reports and records as evidence.
§ 130A‑393. Rules.
§ 130A‑394. Coroner to hold inquests.
§ 130A-395. Handling and transportation of bodies
§ 130A-398. Limitation on right to perform autopsy
§ 130A-415. Unclaimed bodies; bodies claimed by the Lifeguardianship Council of
the Association for Retarded Citizens of North Carolina; disposition
§ 130A‑417. Definitions. (Final Disposition or Transportation of Deceased
Migrant Agricultural Workers and Their Dependents)
§ 130A‑418. Deceased migrant agricultural workers and their dependents.
§ 130A-420. Authority to dispose of body or body parts
Rules Related to the Practice of
Funeral Service in North Carolina (Titles 10A & 15A of NC Administrative Code)
TITLE 10A HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER
39B- COMMISSION
OF ANATOMY
CHAPTER
41 Epidemiology Health
SUBCHAPTER 41A- COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER 41H- VITAL RECORDS
CHAPTER
44 POSTMORTEM MEDICOLEGAL EXAMINATION
TITLE 15A ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES CHAPTER 2 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (FOR
CREMATORIES)
SUBCHAPTER 2D- OTHER INCINERATORS
Licensed Activities Guidelines adopted 2008:
PDF document
Federal Trade Commission resources:
Funeral Rule Information Online
- provides access to Consumer and Business
information, text of the Rule and FTC staff opinions.
Downloadable PDF file-
Complying with
the Federal Trade Commission Funeral Rule
Other Resources
Downloadable TEXT file-
Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 "HIPAA" guidelines document