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2020 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 54.1-2808.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 54.1-2808.3. Acceptance of third-party-provided caskets.
A. No person except a licensed funeral service
establishment or funeral service licensee shall offer for sale or sell a casket
when preneed arrangements for funeral services are being made, including
preneed funeral contracts and preneed funeral planning.
B. When at-need arrangements for funeral
services have been made with a licensed funeral service establishment, funeral
service licensees shall accept caskets provided by third parties in accordance
with 16 C.F.R. Part 453, Funeral Industry Practices, Federal Trade Commission.
B. No funeral service establishment or funeral service licensee shall be required to store a casket provided by a third party when preneed arrangements for funeral services have been made.
C. Any person selling or providing preneed caskets shall be subject to the same preneed requirements as set forth in 16 C.F.R. Part 453, Funeral Industry Practices, Federal Trade Commission, and § 54.1-2820.