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Preneed Funeral Contract Regulations
A major redraft of the regulations for preneed funeral contracts was approved by the Board of Registration on December 9, 2003 and will be published February 27, 2004 in the Massachusetts Register and be enforced as of April 30, 2004.
As posted on the Division of Professional Licensure web site: http://www.state.ma.us/reg/boards/em/cmr/23904.htm
Press release from Office of Consumer Affairs: New Regulations For Pre-Need Funeral Arrangements Better Protect Consumers
History
- Present preneed regulations adopted in 1992. (see attachment below)
- The proposed text was published on June 24, 2003, and went to public hearing on September 9 in Boston and September 10 in Worcester.
(see attachment below)
Both of the above are in markup form, with strikethrough of deleted text and bolded inserted text. - The above proposal reformatted to just show the text as it would be after revision:
(see attachment below) - Cover memo by Board of Registration explaining the proposed revisions:
(see attachment below) - Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association comment letter:
(see attachment below) - Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association redraft:
(see attachment below) - Robert M. Folsom comment: (see attachment below)
- Funeral Consumers Alliance of E. Mass. comment: (see attachment below)
 comment0.pdf | [Funeral Consumers Alliance of E. Mass. comment] | 18 Kb | 01/1/1970 |
| draft41D.doc | [Text as it would be after revision] | 91 Kb | 01/1/1970 |
| empreneedregrev41.doc | [The proposed text was published on June 24, 2003] | 144 Kb | 01/1/1970 |
| empreneedregrevclean2.doc | [Final version as approved by the Board on December 9] | 99 Kb | 01/1/1970 |
| folsom.pdf | [Robert M. Folsom comment] | 53 Kb | 01/1/1970 |
| MFDA-cover-letter.doc | [Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association comment letter] | 41 Kb | 01/1/1970 |
| MFDA-redraft.doc | [Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association redraft] | 115 Kb | 01/1/1970 |
| regcklstempreneed03.doc | [Cover memo by Board of Registration explaining the proposed revisions] | 59 Kb | 01/1/1970 |
| Rules and Regulations_ CMR 239-4.pdf | [Present preneed regulations adopted in 1992] | 51 Kb | 01/1/1970 |
