                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SPECIFIC POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD (§ 54.1-2803)

In addition to the general powers and duties conferred in this subtitle, the
Board shall have the following specific powers and duties to:

1. Establish standards of service and practice for the funeral service
profession in the Commonwealth.

2. Regulate and inspect funeral service establishments, their operation and
licenses.

3. Require licensees and funeral service interns to submit all information
relevant to their practice or business.

4. Enforce the relevant regulations of the Board of Health.

5. Enforce local ordinances relating to funeral service establishments.

6. Advise the Department of Health Professions of any training appropriate for
inspectors serving as the Board&#8217;s agents.

7. Establish, supervise, regulate and control, in accordance with the law,
programs for funeral service interns.

8. Establish standards for and approve schools of mortuary science or funeral
service.

9. Regulate preneed funeral contracts and preneed funeral trust accounts as
prescribed by this chapter, including, but not limited to, the authority to
prescribe preneed contract forms, disclosure requirements and disclosure forms
and to require reasonable bonds to insure performance of preneed contracts.

10. Inspect crematories and their operations.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 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, § 54-260.69; 1966, c. 283, §
54-260.65; 1970, c. 385; 1972, c. 797, §§ 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.