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The Funeral Rule, enacted by the Federal Trade Commission on April 30, 1984, and amended effective 1994, is a U.S. federal regulation designed to protect consumers by requiring that they receive adequate information concerning the goods and services they may purchase from a funeral provider.
Funeral homes have to follow the FTC’s “Funeral Rule,” which provides bereaved consumers rights during the process and holds the business to strict requirements. One of the caveats is that ...
Opinion: The Funeral Rule of the Federal Trade Commission requires funeral homes to be truthful, accurate and not seek to upsell bereaved consumers.
The Funeral Rule, enacted by the FTC in 1982 to protect consumers, unintentionally creates an environment where mistrust thrives. The cornerstone of the rule is that funeral homes must share their ...
In 1984, [10] [non-primary source needed] the FTC began to regulate the funeral home industry in order to protect consumers from deceptive practices. The FTC Funeral Rule requires funeral homes to provide all customers (and potential customers) with a General Price List (GPL), specifically outlining goods and services in the funeral industry, as defined by the FTC, and a listing of their prices.
To prepare the deceased for the mortuary (a funeral home or morgue), respecting their cultural beliefs; To comply with legislation, in particular where the death of a patient requires the involvement of a Procurator Fiscal aka. Coroner; To minimise any risk of cross-infection to relative, health care worker or persons who may need to handle the ...
Death is hard enough to deal with without the added insult of being taken advantage of by a funeral home. The Federal Trade Commission recently sent undercover inspectors into 104 funeral homes in ...
Neglect is defined as giving little attention to or to leave undone or unattended to, especially through carelessness. Mortuary neglect can comprise many things, such as bodies being stolen from the morgue, or bodies being mixed up and the wrong one was buried.