NY Pub Health L § 3400 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 34 - Funeral Directing Title 1 - General Provisions 3400 - Funeral Directing; Definitions.

§  3400.  Funeral  directing;  definitions.  As  used in this article, unless otherwise stated, the following terms shall have  the  respective meanings hereinafter set forth or indicated:  (a)  "Funeral director" means a person to whom a valid license as such has been duly issued.  (b) "Undertaker" means a person to whom a valid license  as  such  has been duly issued.  (c) "Embalmer" means a person to whom a valid license as such has been duly issued.  (d)  "Funeral  directing" means the care and disposal of the body of a deceased person and/or the preserving,  disinfecting  and  preparing  by embalming  or  otherwise,  the  body  of  a  deceased person for funeral services, transportation, burial or cremation; and/or funeral  directing or   embalming   as  presently  known  whether  under  these  titles  or designations or otherwise.  (e) "Undertaking" means the care, disposal, transportation, burial  or cremation  by  any  means other than embalming of the body of a deceased person.  (f) "Embalming" means preparing, disinfecting and  preserving,  either hypodermically,  arterially or by any other recognized means the body of a deceased person for burial, cremation or other final disposition.  (g) "Funeral establishment" means a single physical location,  address or premises devoted to or used for the care and preparation of a body of a deceased person for disposition and for mourning or funeral ceremonial purposes.  (h) "Burial" includes transportation and/or cremation.  (i) "Advertisement" means the publication, dissemination, circulation, or  placing  before  the public, or causing directly or indirectly to be made,  published,  disseminated,  or  placed  before  the  public,   any announcement   or   statement   in   a  newspaper,  magazine,  or  other publication, or in the form  of  a  book,  notice,  circular,  pamphlet, letter,  hand-bill, poster, bill, sign, placard, card, label, tag, or by radio or television or any other means.  (j) "Funeral firm" means an individual,  partnership,  corporation  or estate  representative  engaged  in the business and practice of funeral directing.  (k)  "Registered  resident"  means  a  person  who  passed  a  funeral directing  examination  and  who  is  duly  registered  as such with the department while in the employ of a registered funeral firm and  who  is engaged  in the practice of funeral directing under the supervision of a licensed funeral director or undertaker and embalmer; provided, however, that a registered resident shall not have authority to sign any form  or document  required  by  law  which  requires the signature of a licensed funeral director or make funeral arrangements or own or manage a funeral firm.  (l) "Embalming fluid" means any chemicals or  substances  manufactured primarily   for  use  by  licensed  funeral  directors,  undertakers  or embalmers, or registered residents, to prepare, disinfect  or  preserve, either  hypodermically,  arterially or by any other recognized means the body  of  a  deceased  person  for  burial,  cremation  or  other  final disposition.