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It has been modified 8 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1956, chapter 220; in 1966, chapter 284; in 1972, chapter 797; in 1973, chapter 296; in 1974, chapter 686; in 1978, chapter 849; in 1986, chapter 43; in 1988, chapter 765.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":241761,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56302,"identifier":"54.1-2801","token":"54.1\/III\/28\/1\/54.1-2801","url":"\/54.1-2801\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2801\/","token":"54.1\/III\/28\/1\/54.1-2801","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemptions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2801","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any officer of local or state institutions or to the burial of the bodies of inmates of state institutions when buried at the expense of the Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions. <a id=\"paragraph-206191\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-2801\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Any person holding a license as a <span class=\"dictionary\">funeral director<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">embalmer<\/span> or an equivalent in another state, having substantially similar requirements as the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>, may apply to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> for courtesy card <span class=\"dictionary\">privileges<\/span> to remove bodies from and to arrange funerals or embalm bodies in this Commonwealth. However, these <span class=\"dictionary\">privileges<\/span> shall not include the right to establish or engage generally in the business of <span class=\"dictionary\">funeral directing<\/span> and <span class=\"dictionary\">embalming<\/span> in Virginia. <a id=\"paragraph-206192\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-2801\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXEMPTIONS (\u00a7 54.1-2801)\n\nA. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any officer of local or\nstate institutions or to the burial of the bodies of inmates of state\ninstitutions when buried at the expense of the Commonwealth or any of its\npolitical subdivisions.\n\nB. Any person holding a license as a funeral director or embalmer or an\nequivalent in another state, having substantially similar requirements as the\nBoard, may apply to the Board for courtesy card privileges to remove bodies from\nand to arrange funerals or embalm bodies in this Commonwealth. However, these\nprivileges shall not include the right to establish or engage generally in the\nbusiness of funeral directing and embalming in Virginia.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 54-260.1, 54-260.22 through 54-260.30, 54-260.32; 1956,\nc. 220; 1966, c. 284, \u00a7 54-260.70; 1972, c. 797, \u00a7 54-260.67; 1973, c. 296;\n1974, c. 686; 1978, c. 849; 1986, c. 43; 1988, c. 765.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}