Mississippi Code
State Board of Funeral Service
§ 73-11-63. Application of provisions to cemeteries or cemetery chapels; chapter does not interfere with religious ceremonies or customs

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the regulation or licensing of cemeteries or cemetery chapels by the board, except the regulation or licensing of any funeral establishment operated by a cemetery. In addition, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent or interfere with the ceremonies, customs, religious rites or religion of any people, denomination, or sect, or to prevent or interfere with any religious denomination, sect or anybody composed of persons of a denomination, or to prevent or interfere with any church or synagogue from having its committee or committees prepare human bodies for burial or the families, friends or neighbors of deceased persons who prepare and bury their dead without charge.

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Mississippi Code

Title 73 - Professions and Vocations

Chapter 11 - Practice of Funeral Service and Funeral Directing

State Board of Funeral Service

§ 73-11-33. Repeal of Sections 73-11-41 through 73-11-73

§ 73-11-41. Definitions

§ 73-11-43. State board of funeral service; membership

§ 73-11-45. Oath of office

§ 73-11-47. Meetings; quorum; removal for nonattendance

§ 73-11-55. Licensing of funeral establishment; license classifications; exceptions; requirements; applications and fees

§ 73-11-56. Schedule of fees

§ 73-11-57. Grounds for refusal to issue or renew license; suspension or revocation of license; complaint procedure; temporary suspension of license; sanctions for violations; hearings; attendance of witnesses; production of books and records; subpoe...

§ 73-11-57.1. Authority to revoke, refuse to renew, suspend or place on probation license of funeral home establishment or director under certain circumstances

§ 73-11-59. Penalties

§ 73-11-61. Price list and statement of goods and services must be provided before services rendered

§ 73-11-63. Application of provisions to cemeteries or cemetery chapels; chapter does not interfere with religious ceremonies or customs

§ 73-11-65. Funeral service interments must be under supervision of Mississippi licensed funeral director or funeral service licensee

§ 73-11-71. Intermingling of cremated remains prohibited; written acknowledgment from person entitled to control disposition of remains; content of acknowledgment