NJ State Board Rules and Regulations Funeral Service Law NJ State Board Rules and Regulations www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/mort/mortstat.pdf PA State Board Rules and Regulations: http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bpoa/cwp/view.asp?a=1104&q=433975 DE State Board Rules and Regulations: http://www.delcode.delaware.gov/title24/c031/index.shtml

What is Law? “a rule of action prescribed by an authority able to enforce its will” “rules of conduct commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong” Failure to comply: sanctions & consequences “law expresses the desired social, economic, and moral standards established by society”

Primary Functions 1) keep the peace 2) shape moral standards 3) promote social justice 4) maintain status quo 5) facilitate orderly change 6) facilitate planning 7) provide for compromise 8) maximize individual freedom

Law expresses the desired social, economic, and moral standards established by society.

Mortuary Law/ Mortuary Jurisprudence/Funeral Service Law “branch of the law which relates to matters concerned with the disposal of the dead and regulation of funeral directors/embalmers and funeral establishments”

Business Law “those rules of conduct prescribed by a government and its agencies in regulating business transactions” e.g. Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Uniform Probate Code (UPC)

Early Sources of Law Common Law (Anglo-American) Canon Law Admiralty Law Torah (Talmudic Law) Roman Law Napoleonic Code