La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XXXVII-1109
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section XXXVII-1109 - Identification on CasketsA. In compliance with the directives and the mandates as set forth within R.S. 37:853, and considering that various casket manufacturers have thoroughly researched and developed a methodology to properly preserve and display information concerning the identification of the human remains contained within their casket, all licensed funeral directors and/or embalmers and all licensed funeral establishment shall, in order to assist in the identification of caskets and/or the identification of human remains, utilize the recommendations of the individual casket manufacturer whose casket is used as the container into which the human remains are placed, in preserving and displaying the mandated information regarding the name of the decedent, their date of death, and the funeral home involved in the service.B. Should the casket manufacturer of the product used in the service not have a recommendation for a methodology to properly preserve and display the necessary information concerning the identification of human remains, then the licensed funeral directors and/or embalmers and licensed funeral establishments shall utilize any one of the products recommended by the casket manufacturers who have in fact researched and developed a proper system or methodology to properly preserve and display the mandated information concerning human remains, or alternative use a methodology submitted to and approved by the board.La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XXXVII-1109
Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors, LR 33:283 (February 2007).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:840 and R.S. 37:853.