PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2255
PRINTER'S NO. 2731
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1819
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY BURNS, HILL-EVANS, ROZZI, MADDEN, SANCHEZ AND
HADDOCK, NOVEMBER 8, 2023
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 18, 2024
AN ACT
Amending the act of January 14, 1952 (1951 P.L.1898, No.522),
entitled "An act to provide for the better protection of life
and health of the citizens of this Commonwealth by requiring
and regulating the examination, 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; providing for a State Board
of Funeral Directors in the Department of State, and
repealing other laws," further providing for duties of board.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 16(b) of the act of January 14, 1952
(1951 P.L.1898, No.522), known as the Funeral Director Law, is
amended to read:
Section 16. Duties of Board.--* * *
(b) The board shall appoint an inspector or inspectors whose
title shall be "Inspector, State Board of Funeral Directors,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania." Such inspectors shall be licensed
funeral directors who have been actively engaged in the practice
of such profession for at least [ten] five SEVEN years.
Inspectors shall hold office at the pleasure of the board, and
<--
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the board
with the approval of the department. Inspectors shall be
empowered to serve all processes and papers of the board, and
shall have the right of entry into any place, where the business
or profession of funeral directing is carried on or advertised
as being carried on, for the purpose of inspection and for the
investigation of complaints coming before the board and for such
other matters as the board may direct.
* * *
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
20230HB1819PN2731 - 2 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10