HB6420 Summary

• Amends the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code to update definitions, procedures, and regulatory authority under the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

• Removes references to "customer service employees" as a regulated category and eliminates civil penalty provisions previously applicable to violations of funeral directing practice definitions.

• Establishes new procedural requirements including appointment of hearing officers by the Secretary, consent order procedures, and expanded grounds for discipline including inability to practice with reasonable judgment or skill.

• Requires funeral directors to obtain express authorization before removing or embalming deceased bodies, maintain detailed records of written statements of services, and witness placement of remains at cemeteries or designate an intern representative to do so.

• Designates regulation and licensing of funeral directors and embalmers as exclusive state powers, prohibiting home rule units from regulating these professions or related activities.