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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73998</law_id><section_number>54.1-2803</section_number><catch_line>Specific powers and duties of Board</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="28">Funeral Services</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In addition to the general powers and duties conferred in this subtitle, the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall have the following specific powers and duties to:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Establish standards of service and practice for the funeral service profession in the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-266170" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2803/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Regulate and inspect <span class="dictionary">funeral service establishments</span>, their operation and licenses. <a id="paragraph-266171" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2803/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Require licensees and <span class="dictionary">funeral service interns</span> to submit all information relevant to their practice or business. <a id="paragraph-266172" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2803/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Enforce the relevant regulations of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of Health. <a id="paragraph-266173" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2803/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Enforce local <span class="dictionary">ordinances</span> relating to <span class="dictionary">funeral service establishments</span>. <a id="paragraph-266174" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2803/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Advise the Department of Health Professions of any training appropriate for inspectors serving as the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>&#x2019;s agents. <a id="paragraph-266175" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2803/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="7"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Establish, supervise, regulate and control, in accordance with the <span class="dictionary">law</span>, programs for <span class="dictionary">funeral service interns</span>. <a id="paragraph-266176" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2803/#7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="8"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> Establish standards for and approve schools of mortuary science or funeral service. <a id="paragraph-266177" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2803/#8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="9"><p><span class="prefix-number">9.</span> Regulate <span class="dictionary">preneed funeral contracts</span> and preneed funeral trust accounts as prescribed by this chapter, including, but not limited to, the authority to prescribe preneed <span class="dictionary">contract</span> forms, disclosure requirements and disclosure forms and to require reasonable <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> to insure performance of preneed contracts. <a id="paragraph-266178" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2803/#9"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="10"><p><span class="prefix-number">10.</span> Inspect crematories and their operations. <a id="paragraph-266179" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2803/#10"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 54-260.3, 54-260.4, 54-260.6, 54-260.7, 54-260.11 through 54-260.14, 54-260.16 through 54-260.18, 54-260.20, 54-260.21, 54-260.45 through 54-260.49; 1956, c. 220; 1960, c. 61, &#xA7; 54-260.69; 1966, c. 283, &#xA7; 54-260.65; 1970, c. 385; 1972, c. 797, &#xA7;&#xA7; 54-260.64, 54-260.68; 1978, c. 849; 1979, c. 650; 1980, c. 728; 1984, cc. 627, 704; 1988, c. 765; 1989, c. 684; 2000, c. 773; 2003, c. 505; 2006, c. 56.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
