South Carolina Funeral Service Regulations Overview
South Carolina Funeral Service Regulations Overview
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1. Advertisement The publication, dissemination, circulation, or placing before the public an an-
nouncement or statement in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication in the
form of a book, notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, handbill, poster, bill, sign, placard,
card, label, or tag, or over radio, television, or Internet. The term does not include
funeral or death notices and obituaries.
2. Aiding and abet- Allowing or permitting an Internet service provider, unlicensed person, establish-
ting ment, or entity to engage in the practice of funeral service, embalming, cremating,
or conducting business as a funeral home, funeral establishment, crematory,
or mortuary; provided, however, that 'aiding and abetting' does not include the
publication, dissemination, circulation, or placing before the public by an Internet
service provider of an advertisement prepared by an unaffiliated or unlicensed
person or entity.
3. Apprentice A person who is preparing to become licensed for the practice of embalming and
funeral directing under the supervision and instruction of a person licensed for
the practice in this State and who is registered with the board pursuant to Section
40-19-120.
4. Board The South Carolina State Board of Funeral Service.
5. Branch funeral An establishment separate and apart from the licensed parent funeral home
home that has embalming facilities, a chapel, a lay-out room, or a sales room, or any
combination of these.
6. Cremation The technical process using either alkaline hydrolysis or heat and flame that
reduces human remains to components of either liquid and bone, or bone frag-
ments, and which may include the pulverization of the bone fragments.
7. Crematory An establishment in which cremation occurs.
8. Disposition The final disposal of the body whether by earth interment, aboveground burial,
cremation, burial at sea, or delivery to a medical institution for lawful dissection and
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experimentation or removal from the State pursuant to obtaining a burial transit
permit.
9. Embalmer A person licensed by the board to disinfect and preserve or attempt to disinfect
and preserve the dead human body, entirely or in part, by the use of application
of chemicals, fluids, or gases, externally or internally, or both, by their introduction
into the body by vascular or hypodermic injections, by direct application into the
organs or cavities, or by other method and includes the restoration or attempted
restoration of the appearance of the dead human body.
10. Embalming The disinfection of the dead human body by replacing certain body fluids with
preserving and disinfecting chemicals.
11. Funeral director A person licensed by the board to engage for hire, for direct or indirect compen-
sation, or for profit or benefit, and in exchange for or related to the profession of
arranging, directing, or supervising funerals.
12. Funeral home An establishment where the practice of funeral service and embalming is practiced.
All of these establishments must include the following facilities: a chapel or parlor
in which funeral services may be conducted; a preparation room equipped with
a sanitary floor and necessary drainage, ventilation, necessary approved tables,
hot and cold running water, and a sink separate from table drainage, instruments,
and supplies for the preparation and embalming of dead human bodies; a means
of showing photographs or other representations of available caskets and other
necessary funeral supplies; at least one motor hearse for transporting casketed
human remains.
13. Funeral merchan- That personal property used in connection with the conduct of funerals or with
dise the transportation and final disposition of a dead human body including, but not
limited to, caskets, cremation caskets, urns, and burial clothing. The term does
not mean mausoleum crypts, interment receptacles preset in a cemetery, and
columbarium niches.
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South Carolina Funeral Service Regulations Overview
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_gaqaly
1. Advertisement The publication, dissemination, circulation, or placing before the public an an-
nouncement or statement in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication in the
form of a book, notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, handbill, poster, bill, sign, placard,
card, label, or tag, or over radio, television, or Internet. The term does not include
funeral or death notices and obituaries.
2. Aiding and abet- Allowing or permitting an Internet service provider, unlicensed person, establish-
ting ment, or entity to engage in the practice of funeral service, embalming, cremating,
or conducting business as a funeral home, funeral establishment, crematory,
or mortuary; provided, however, that 'aiding and abetting' does not include the
publication, dissemination, circulation, or placing before the public by an Internet
service provider of an advertisement prepared by an unaffiliated or unlicensed
person or entity.
3. Apprentice A person who is preparing to become licensed for the practice of embalming and
funeral directing under the supervision and instruction of a person licensed for
the practice in this State and who is registered with the board pursuant to Section
40-19-120.
4. Board The South Carolina State Board of Funeral Service.
5. Branch funeral An establishment separate and apart from the licensed parent funeral home
home that has embalming facilities, a chapel, a lay-out room, or a sales room, or any
combination of these.
6. Cremation The technical process using either alkaline hydrolysis or heat and flame that
reduces human remains to components of either liquid and bone, or bone frag-
ments, and which may include the pulverization of the bone fragments.
7. Crematory An establishment in which cremation occurs.
8. Disposition The final disposal of the body whether by earth interment, aboveground burial,
cremation, burial at sea, or delivery to a medical institution for lawful dissection and
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experimentation or removal from the State pursuant to obtaining a burial transit
permit.
9. Embalmer A person licensed by the board to disinfect and preserve or attempt to disinfect
and preserve the dead human body, entirely or in part, by the use of application
of chemicals, fluids, or gases, externally or internally, or both, by their introduction
into the body by vascular or hypodermic injections, by direct application into the
organs or cavities, or by other method and includes the restoration or attempted
restoration of the appearance of the dead human body.
10. Embalming The disinfection of the dead human body by replacing certain body fluids with
preserving and disinfecting chemicals.
11. Funeral director A person licensed by the board to engage for hire, for direct or indirect compen-
sation, or for profit or benefit, and in exchange for or related to the profession of
arranging, directing, or supervising funerals.
12. Funeral home An establishment where the practice of funeral service and embalming is practiced.
All of these establishments must include the following facilities: a chapel or parlor
in which funeral services may be conducted; a preparation room equipped with
a sanitary floor and necessary drainage, ventilation, necessary approved tables,
hot and cold running water, and a sink separate from table drainage, instruments,
and supplies for the preparation and embalming of dead human bodies; a means
of showing photographs or other representations of available caskets and other
necessary funeral supplies; at least one motor hearse for transporting casketed
human remains.
13. Funeral merchan- That personal property used in connection with the conduct of funerals or with
dise the transportation and final disposition of a dead human body including, but not
limited to, caskets, cremation caskets, urns, and burial clothing. The term does
not mean mausoleum crypts, interment receptacles preset in a cemetery, and
columbarium niches.
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