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Capping more than eight months of internal deliberations and discussions with stakeholders, the Pennsylvania State Board of Funeral Directors voted unanimously at its May 13 meeting to approve a 77-page...

Following criticism of increased shipping costs for the newly required cremated remains shipping box, the U.S. Postal Service introduced a smaller version of the approved parcel.  The new boxes are...

The White House has suggested that recent changes in how cremated remains are shipped might not be in effect for long.   As we previously reported, starting March 1, the U.S....

The Pennsylvania State Board of Funeral Directors adopted final discipline against one funeral director and rejected a proposed consent agreement involving another, with both cases arising out of criminal convictions.  ...

At its February meeting, the Pennsylvania State Board of Funeral Directors disciplined two licensees, elected officers for the year, and announced plans to address regulation changes.   The board suspended the...

At its meeting in December, the Pennsylvania State Board of Funeral Directors considered changes to funeral director licenses to make up a substantial budget deficit.   When the Pennsylvania Department of...

The past month saw significant developments in death care across the mid-Atlantic. At its Oct. 30 meeting, the Pennsylvania State Board of Funeral Directors spent several hours discussing draft regulations...

The past month saw another short meeting for the Pennsylvania State Board of Funeral Directors and the appointment of a new board member. At its Sept. 18 meeting, the board...

We previously noted the passage of the Crematory Regulation Act, which prohibits the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection from requiring in a general permit that a crematory operate at greater...