La. R.S. § 37:831 Definitions

• Library: Louisiana Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: La. R.S. § 37:831

For purposes of this Chapter and implementation thereof, the following terms have the meaning as defined herein, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Active licensee" means an individual that holds a funeral director or embalmer and funeral director license issued by the board and who has complied with all requirements of this Chapter.

(2) "Addiction" means the physiological or psychological dependency on drugs or alcohol.

(3) "Advertisement" means the publication, dissemination, circulation, or the placing before the public, or causing directly or indirectly to be made, published, disseminated, or placed before the public any announcement or statement in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication, or in the form of a book, notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, handbill, poster, bill, sign, placard, card, label, or tag, or over any radio station, television station, or both.

(4) "Approved continuing education program" means a continuing education program activity which is approved by the board.

(5) "Approved provider" means any continuing education provider approved by the board.

(6) "Association" means a partnership, a combination or group of individuals, or an unincorporated organization of persons having a common interest.

(7) "Authorizing agent" means a person legally entitled to authorize the cremation of human remains.

(8) "Board" means the Louisiana State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors.

(9) "Body parts" means human remains or limbs or other portions of the anatomy that are severed from the body during an accident; removed from a person for medical purposes during treatment, surgery, biopsy, autopsy, or medical research; or otherwise become unattached from the body. It also means human bodies or any portion of bodies that have been donated to science for medical, educational, or research purposes.

(10) "Branch establishment" means a licensed funeral establishment devoted to or used in the care of the body of a deceased person, or maintained or held out to the public, by advertising or otherwise, as the office or place for the practice of funeral directing. Ownership of the branch is identical to the ownership of the main funeral establishment controlling the branch, and such establishment can practically be served by the licensed personnel of the main establishment.

(11) "Burial" means the act or process of disposing of a human body by depositing it in the earth, at sea, or by any other accepted disposition.

(12) "Burial-transit permit" means the permit for disposition of a dead human body as required by state law.

(13) "Buyer" means the person entering into a preneed funeral contract with a licensed funeral establishment.

(14) "Capper", "steerer", or "runner" means a person who, for monetary benefits or other considerations, procures or attempts to procure business at the direction of, request of, or in cooperation with a licensee by means of deceit, trick, fraud, or misleading statements.

(15) "Care of the dead" means watchful observation of the deceased person and attention given to the survivors and friends.

(16) "Casket" means a rigid container which is designed for the encasement of human remains usually constructed of wood, metal, fiberglass, or other similar material and ornamented and lined with fabric, which may or may not be combustible, for transportation, or for other disposition.

(17) "Certificate" means a license issued by the board.

(18) "Change of ownership" means a transfer of more than fifty percent of the stock or assets of a funeral establishment or crematory authority.

(19) "Closed container" means any container in which cremated human remains can be placed and closed in a manner so as to prevent leakage or spillage of remains or the entrance of foreign material.