07 LC 28
3236
House
Bill 90
By:
Representative Sims of the
169th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 43-18-70 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to practice at a licensed funeral establishment or crematory, so as to provide
that a funeral establishment shall have an adequate stock of funeral caskets on
the premises; to provide that the display room may contain actual caskets or may
contain models, mock-ups, or sections of caskets or similar items if such
caskets are readily available and in stock for purchase at the establishment or
can be delivered within 24 hours; to provide for related matters; to repeal
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 43-18-70 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to practice
at a licensed funeral establishment or crematory, is amended by revising
paragraph (3) of subsection (b) as follows:
"(3)
A display room containing
actual caskets
or models, mock-ups, or sections of caskets or similar items if all such caskets
are available and in stock for purchase at the establishment or can be delivered
within 24 hours. Each funeral establishment shall maintain on the premises at
each of its locations an adequate stock of
funeral caskets
as
established by the board which shall not
be less than eight and which shall meet such other criteria as necessary to
protect the public;".
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.