Code of Virginia
Chapter 28 - Funeral Services
§ 54.1-2811. Facility requirements

A funeral service establishment shall contain a preparation room equipped with a tile, cement or other waterproof floor, proper drainage and ventilation, the necessary instruments and supplies for the preparation and embalming of dead human bodies for burial, transportation or other disposition, and separate restroom facilities.
A funeral service establishment having more than one location at which it performs funeral services shall not be required to maintain more than one preparation room.
The Board may adopt regulations and classifications to prescribe proper drainage and ventilation and necessary instruments and supplies in preparation rooms and separate restroom facilities.
Code 1950, §§ 54-260.39, 54-260.40; 1956, c. 220; 1972, c. 797, § 54-260.73; 1974, 164; 1978, c. 849; 1988, c. 765.

Structure Code of Virginia

Code of Virginia

Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations

Chapter 28 - Funeral Services

§ 54.1-2800. Definitions

§ 54.1-2801. Exemptions

§ 54.1-2802. Board; appointment; terms; vacancies; meetings; quorum

§ 54.1-2803. Specific powers and duties of Board

§ 54.1-2804. Licensing authority

§ 54.1-2805. Engaging in the practice of funeral services or the business of preneed funeral planning or acting as a funeral director or embalmer without a license

§ 54.1-2806. Refusal, suspension, or revocation of license, registration, or courtesy card

§ 54.1-2807. Other prohibited activities

§ 54.1-2807.01. When next of kin disagree

§ 54.1-2807.02. Absence of next of kin

§ 54.1-2807.1. Confidentiality of information on infectious diseases

§ 54.1-2808. Repealed

§ 54.1-2808.1. Disposition of cremains

§ 54.1-2808.2. Identification of unclaimed cremains of veterans and eligible dependents

§ 54.1-2808.3. Acceptance of third-party-provided caskets

§ 54.1-2809. Penalties

§ 54.1-2810. Licensure of funeral establishments

§ 54.1-2811. Facility requirements

§ 54.1-2811.1. Handling and storage of human remains

§ 54.1-2812. Itemized statement and general price list of funeral expenses to be furnished

§ 54.1-2813. License for the practice of funeral service

§ 54.1-2814. Examination

§ 54.1-2814.1. Registration as a cremator

§ 54.1-2815. Application for license; how license signed; duration

§ 54.1-2816. License renewal; failure to return renewal form

§ 54.1-2816.1. Continuing education requirements; promulgation of regulations

§ 54.1-2817. Funeral service interns

§ 54.1-2818. Registration and display of licenses

§ 54.1-2818.1. Prerequisites for cremation

§ 54.1-2818.2. Inapplicability to officers of state and local institutions

§ 54.1-2818.3. Applications for registration required

§ 54.1-2818.4. Immunity from liability for services after organ and tissue donation

§ 54.1-2818.5. Request for life insurance information; notification of beneficiaries

§ 54.1-2819. Registration of surface transportation and removal services; penalty

§ 54.1-2820. Requirements of preneed funeral contracts

§ 54.1-2821. Exemptions

§ 54.1-2822. Deposit of money received pursuant to preneed funeral contract

§ 54.1-2822.1. Funeral establishments to maintain preneed records

§ 54.1-2823. Exemption from levy, garnishment and distress

§ 54.1-2824. Declaration of trust in consideration other than money

§ 54.1-2825. Person to make arrangements for funeral and disposition of remains