District 1 Medical Examiner Dr. Deanna Oleske is bringing charges against area funeral directors who submitted formal criticism about her performance of her duties by sending letters to...
What’s the role of a “funeral executor?” More and more frequently, people are appointing “funeral executors” – sometimes also called “funeral agents” – in the role of seeing...
House Bill 278 (Public) Filed Monday, March 6, 2023 AN ACT TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF CRIMINAL POSSESSION AND UNLAWFUL SALE OF EMBALMING FLUID AND TO MAKE OTHER...
On May 30, Nevada governor Joe Lombardo quietly signed Assembly Bill 289 into law, making his state the latest to legalize disposition by natural organic reduction (NOR). Appropriately,...
STERLING, VA (April 26, 2023) – The International Cemetery, Cremation, and Funeral Association’s Government and Legal Committee returned to Capitol Hill on March 21-23, 2023, after a few...
You’ve probably heard all about the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) investigation on formaldehyde. You probably also know that since the study began, the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA)...
Whatever you call it — natural organic reduction (NOR), recomposition, human composting, or Terramation™ — there’s no denying that the process of transforming human remains into soil is...