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Title 26 : Professions and Occupations
Chapter 021 : Funeral Services
Subchapter 001 : General Provisions
(Cite as: 26 V.S.A. § 1215)-
§ 1215. Penalties; jurisdiction of offenses
(a) A person who engages in the practice of funeral services without a license shall be subject to the penalties provided in 3 V.S.A. § 127.
(b) A person shall not embalm or introduce any fluid into a dead human body unless the person is a licensed embalmer or is an apprentice and performs under the direction of an embalmer in his or her presence. A person who is not duly licensed as provided in this chapter shall not practice or hold himself or herself out to the public as a practicing embalmer; a person who does so shall be subject to the penalties provided in 3 V.S.A. § 127. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1995, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2007, No. 29, § 24; 2009, No. 35, § 17; 2017, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
