West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 6 - Funeral Service Examiners › Title 6 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF FUNERAL SERVICE EXAMINERS › Series 6-07 - Fee Schedule › Section 6-7-2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
2.1. "Apprentice"
				means a person registered under the provisions of 6 CSR 1 who is working as a
				funeral service licensee under the direct supervision of a licensed funeral
				service licensee or for a person registered as a funeral director only under
				the general supervision of a funeral service licensee.
2.2. "Basic services fee" means charges for
				the services of the funeral director and staff for completing the following
				tasks: conducting of the arrangements conference, securing of necessary
				permits, preparation of notices, sheltering of human remains, coordination of
				arrangements with the cemetery, crematory, retail sellers, or other third
				party. The basic services fee may include overhead costs, such as parking lot
				and other common areas, insurance, staff, taxes, and other fees the funeral
				establishment pays.
2.3. "Board"
				means the WV Board of Funeral Service Examiners.
2.4. "Branch funeral establishment" means a
				funeral establishment which is owned one hundred percent by, operated by, is a
				subsidiary of, or otherwise financially connected or controlled by a licensed
				main funeral establishment. If the preparation of dead human bodies by
				embalming is done at the main establishment and the main establishment is
				within 60 miles of the branch facility, then the equipment for the preparation
				of dead human bodies is not required at the branch facility.
2.5. "Crematory operator" means a person
				certified by the board to operate a crematory.
2.6. "Courtesy card" holder means a person
				from another state who may conduct funerals, prepare death certificates, and
				bury a dead human body for an out-of-state funeral establishment, within the
				boundaries of the state of West Virginia.
2.7. "Tuneral director" means an individual
				that has completed a two (2) year apprenticeship and taken and passed the West
				Virginia Laws, Rules and Regulations examination and can perform all duties as
				a funeral service licensee except embalming. An individual licensed as a
				funeral director cannot be a licensee in charge of a facility.
2.8. "Funeral establishment" means a place of
				business maintained and operated and devoted to such activities that are
				incident, convenient, or related to the preparation and arrangements, financial
				or otherwise, for the embalming, funeral, transportation, burial or other
				disposition of dead human bodies.
2.9. "Funeral home," "funeral chapel,"
				"funeral services," or "funeral parlor" means a funeral establishment which
				offers funeral services and preparation for the disposition of dead human
				bodies. Funeral homes in existence prior to the effective date of this rule,
				which use the term "mortuary" in the business name, may continue to do so.
2.10. "Funeral service licensee"
				means a person who has met the requirements to be a funeral director and an
				embalmer. Upon the effective date of this rule, where ever the terms which
				refer to the act of being a funeral director and an embalmer are used, the term
				"funeral service license" or "funeral service licensee" shall apply. Where ever
				the term "embalmer" is used, the term "funeral service licensee" shall
				apply.
2.11. "Inactive licensee"
				means an individual not actively practicing in the funeral service profession
				and are exempt from obtaining continuing education. The individual must renew
				their inactive status biennially to maintain an inactive status.
2.12. "Licensee" means a person who holds a
				an embalmer's license, a funeral director's license, or a funeral establishment
				license issued by this Board.
2.13.
				"Main funeral establishment" means a primary funeral establishment.
2.14. "Mortuary service" means a funeral
				establishment devoted strictly to the preparation and embalming of dead human
				bodies, and may also include the financial arrangements for the embalming of
				dead human bodies. A trade service or mortuary service may not offer to the
				public funeral services under any circumstance.
2.15. "Registrant" means a person who holds a
				certificate of registration for apprenticeship or a courtesy card issued by
				this Board.