642.015 - “Funeral director” defined. - Nevada Statutes

642.015  “Funeral director” defined.

      1.  “Funeral director” means a person engaged in, conducting the business of or holding himself or herself out as engaged in:

      (a) Preparing or contracting to prepare by embalming or in any other manner dead human bodies for burial or disposal, or directing and supervising the burial or disposal of dead human bodies.

      (b) Directing, supervising or contracting to direct or supervise funerals.

      (c) The business of a funeral director by using the words “funeral director,” “mortician” or any other title implying that the person is engaged in the business of funeral directing.

      2.  The term does not include:

      (a) A licensed embalmer or a person whose duties are limited to conducting direct cremations or immediate burials.

      (b) An owner of a funeral establishment unless the owner engages in any activity described in subsection 1.

      (Added to NRS by 1993, 2609; A 1995, 267)