Definitions

Terms used in this chapter mean: (1) "Board," the State Board of Funeral Service; (2) "Branch chapel," a separate facility with a visitation room or chapel, in which no embalming is permitted, and which is owned by, a subsidiary of, or otherwise financially connected to or controlled by a licensed funeral establishment; (3) "Funeral director," any person engaged in or holding out as being engaged in: (a) Conducting funeral services and burials of casketed remains; (b) Disinfecting and preserving dead human bodies; or (c) Cremating human remains; (4) "Funeral establishment," a business, at a physical location, devoted to caring for and preparing dead human bodies for burial or transportation; (5) "Trainee," any person who has registered with the board and is engaged in training to provide funeral services. Source: SDC 1939, § 27.1401; SL 1939, ch 102 , § 1; SL 1963, ch 154 , § 1; SL 1994, ch 351 , § 79; SL 2010, ch 193 , § 1; SL 2023, ch 137 , § 1.