An Act amending the act of January 14, 1952 (1951 P.L.1898, No.522), known as the Funeral Director Law, further providing for restrictions and preparation room.

PRINTER'S NO. 1365
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1119
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, FONTANA, COSTA, VOGEL, SCHWANK AND
CULVER, DECEMBER 22, 2025
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
DECEMBER 22, 2025
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 restrictions and
preparation room.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 7 of the act of January 14, 1952 (1951
P.L.1898, No.522), known as the Funeral Director Law, is amended
to read:
Section 7. Restrictions; Preparation Room.--Original
licenses under this act (1) shall be granted only to
individuals, partnerships or corporations, (2) shall specify by
name the person, partnership or corporation to whom they are
issued, and (3) shall designate the particular place approved by
the board at which the profession of funeral directing shall be
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carried on. A license shall authorize the conduct of the
profession at the particular place of practice designated
therein and no other, and only by the particular person,
partnership or corporation designated. This provision shall not
prevent a person licensed for the practice of funeral directing
from assisting another duly licensed person, partnership or
corporation in the conduct of the profession in an approved
funeral establishment nor shall it prevent a person licensed for
the practice of the profession from conducting a funeral at a
church, a private residence of the deceased, or an approved
funeral establishment provided such person maintains a fixed
place or establishment of his own approved by the board.
A licensed funeral director, partnership or corporation may
move to a new place of practice, which shall be registered and
approved by the board if the new place of practice meets all the
requirements as set forth in the State Board's Rules and
Regulations.
After the thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine
hundred fifty-two, every establishment in which the profession
of funeral directing is carried on shall include a preparation
room, containing instruments and supplies necessary for the
preparation and embalming of dead human bodies and be
constructed in accordance with sanitary standards prescribed by
the board, for the protection of the public health.
All areas within an approved establishment must be maintained
in a proper and sanitary manner, as determined by the board or
State and local ordinances wherever they apply, for the
protection of the public.
[No food or intoxicating beverages shall be served in any
funeral establishment in which the profession of funeral
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directing is carried on. Beverages, if served, must be
restricted to a separate room not used for the preparation and
conduct of a funeral service. Any facility beyond the confines
of such funeral establishment, but directly or indirectly
operated by a funeral director for the service of refreshments
or food shall be maintained in accordance with State and local
health laws and regulations pertaining to public eating places
for the protection of the public.] No funeral establishment
shall prepare on or about the premises of the establishment any
food in conjunction with any funeral or in conjunction with any
service offered or provided for the preparation and disposal of
dead human bodies. A funeral establishment may provide,
distribute or permit persons attending a funeral or other
service, or making funeral arrangements, to distribute and
consume food and beverages on or about the premises of the
establishment if the establishment complies with applicable
State and local health and sanitation requirements and food and
beverages are not stored, prepared, distributed or consumed in
areas in which dead human bodies are stored or prepared.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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