Preneed: A Pandora's Box of Problems
According to Wikipedia,
Regulation is "controlling human or societal behavior by rules or restrictions." Regulation can take many forms including legal restrictions promulgated by a government authority…….
So, regulators are charged with the task of interpreting “legal restrictions” and determining what businesses can or cannot do. When the applicable law is well drafted, and further…
Yesterday, the St. Louis Post Dispatch reported on the federal indictments handed down against six NPS officials. The article includes two statements that hint at the legal strategies to be employed by NPS and federal prosecutors.
"We have anticipated this (indictment) for a number of years, and he is looking forward to finally confronting these…
In a move to remain autonomous from the funeral industry and its oversight, the Missouri cemetery industry met with its regulator during the summer of 2008 to discuss reform legislation. Disagreements precluded effective legislation from being passed in 2009, but extensive changes was passed in 2010, and became effective on August 28, 2010. Now, the Missouri…
Missouri is one of the few states that does not impose a continuing education requirement for funeral directors. Where continuing education is required, the state funeral director association typically sponsors programs that satisfy the CE requirements, and provides revenues needed to supplement the association’s budget needs.
The passage of SB1 has provided the Missouri Funeral…
The earliest form of preneed consisted of a depository account at the local bank. Often, the paperwork included a statement of goods and services describing the individual’s preferences. The account was set up so that the funeral director could access the account upon the consumer’s death. The statement of goods and services would then be…