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Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES · Chapter 18. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND ESTABLISHMENTS, EMBALMERS, AND CREMATORIES · Article 1. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND ESTABLISHMENTS, EMBALMERS, AND CREMATORIES · Part 4. OPERATION OF FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND CREMATORIES

43-18-78. Temporary destruction of licensed funeral establishment, organic human reduction facility, or crematory; use of temporary location during grace period.

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  1. In the event any funeral establishment, organic human reduction facility, or crematory is temporarily destroyed by fire, flood, or other natural catastrophe, upon notice by the funeral establishment, organic human reduction facility, or crematory to the board within five days following the destruction, the board may grant the funeral establishment, organic human reduction facility, or crematory a 90 day grace period to use a board approved temporary location while reconstructing the destroyed location, provided the funeral establishment, organic human reduction facility, or crematory complies with all other provisions of this article and the rules of the board. The board may, in its discretion, upon application by the funeral establishment, organic human reduction facility, or crematory, grant additional 90 day grace periods upon showing of good cause.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 43-18-78, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1372, § 1; Ga. L. 2025, p. 269, § 1-11/SB 241, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, inserted “, organic human reduction facility,” five times and substituted “the destroyed location” for “the previous location” in the first sentence.

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Text read from t43-ch1-32-(v30)-pdf.pdf, Volume V30, 2022 edition, 2025 supplement, page 198; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 2878b50660ad.

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