Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3100 – Objectives
(a) The primary objective of the Board of Funeral Services, to which all other objectives and purposes are secondary, is to protect the general public, specifically those persons who are the direct recipients of services regulated by this chapter, from unsafe practices and from occupational practices which tend to reduce competition or fix the price of services rendered.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3100
- Board: shall mean the State Board of Funeral Services established in this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3101
- Funeral services: shall mean those services rendered for the disinfecting, embalming, burial, entombment or cremation of human remains, including the sale of those goods and services usual to arranging and directing funeral services. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3101
- Practitioner: shall mean a funeral director. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3101
(b) The secondary objectives of the Board are to maintain minimum standards of practitioner competency, and to maintain certain standards in the delivery of services to the public. In meeting its objectives, the Board shall:
(1) Develop standards assuring professional competence.
(2) Monitor complaints brought against practitioners regulated by the Board.
(3) Adjudicate at formal hearings regarding complaints brought against practitioners regulated by the Board.
(4) Promulgate rules and regulations.
(5) Impose sanctions where necessary against practitioners, both licensed and formerly licensed.
66 Del. Laws, c. 225, § ?1; 71 Del. Laws, c. 460, § ?1; 72 Del. Laws, c. 209, §§ ?1, 2; 80 Del. Laws, c. 194, § ?1;