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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1972, chapter 797; in 1978, chapter 849; in 1988, chapter 765.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":241831,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59562,"identifier":"54.1-2811","token":"54.1\/III\/28\/2\/54.1-2811","url":"\/54.1-2811\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2811\/","token":"54.1\/III\/28\/2\/54.1-2811","dublin_core":{"Title":"Facility requirements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2811","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A funeral service establishment<\/span> shall contain a preparation room equipped with a tile, cement or other waterproof floor, proper drainage and ventilation, the necessary instruments and supplies for the preparation and embalming<\/span> of dead human bodies for burial, transportation or other disposition<\/span>, and separate restroom facilities.\n\t\tA funeral service establishment<\/span> having more than one location at which it performs funeral services shall not be required to maintain more than one preparation room.\n\t\tThe Board<\/span> may adopt regulations and classifications to prescribe proper drainage and ventilation and necessary instruments and supplies in preparation rooms and separate restroom facilities.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFACILITY REQUIREMENTS (\u00a7 54.1-2811)\n\nA funeral service establishment shall contain a preparation room equipped with a\ntile, cement or other waterproof floor, proper drainage and ventilation, the\nnecessary instruments and supplies for the preparation and embalming of dead\nhuman bodies for burial, transportation or other disposition, and separate\nrestroom facilities.\n\t\tA funeral service establishment having more than one location at which it\nperforms funeral services shall not be required to maintain more than one\npreparation room.\n\t\tThe Board may adopt regulations and classifications to prescribe proper\ndrainage and ventilation and necessary instruments and supplies in preparation\nrooms and separate restroom facilities.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 54-260.39, 54-260.40; 1956, c. 220; 1972, c. 797, \u00a7\n54-260.73; 1974, 164; 1978, c. 849; 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}}