PA Funeral Juris case studies

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The Pennsylvania State Board of Funeral Directors regulates the licensure and practice of funeral directors in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Its statutory functions include licensure and registration of persons and registration of corporations engaging in the care, preparation and disposition of the bodies of deceased persons, and providing penalties. The PA Funeral Juris case studies are 5 cases and about 6,175 words.

One Supervisor, Two Establishments

has held a Pennsylvania funeral director license for 16 years and has been the funeral director supervisor of record for a 60-call-per-year establishment in Scranton for 12 of them. In March he purchased a second establishment 22 miles away in Wilkes-Barre that performs about 180 calls a year.

1,203 words, about 6 min 2

The $895 Cremation That Cost $2,995

Valley Cremation & Funeral Services advertises ' 895 direct cremation - everything included.' A family calls after a death; the receptionist refuses to quote prices over the phone, saying 'we need to see you first.' At the arrangement conference the family is handed a one-page sheet headed 'Cremation Package - 2,995,' which includes a 2,395 casket, a 300 'cremation container handling' fee, and a 150 'cremation permit.' The family asks for direct cremation only. The director says, 'Pennsylvania law requires embalming and a casket for any cremation - it's a health code thing,' and states that the 2,995 package is the only cremation option the firm offers.

1,276 words, about 6 min 3

Four Days in August, No Embalming

On a Friday in August, N.K. receives the body of a 68-year-old man found in his apartment roughly four days after death.

1,174 words, about 6 min 4

Consulting Fees and Gas Cards

Over 18 months, D.L., a licensed funeral director and part-owner of a two-location firm, has built referral relationships in his county. He pays a hospice social worker 150 for each family that names his firm, invoiced as a 'consulting fee' with a one-line description.

1,233 words, about 6 min 5

The Notarized Designation and the Handwritten Note

Eighty-two-year-old H.T. dies in a Luzerne County hospital.

1,289 words, about 6 min