Title 43, Chapter 18, Section 70
( 43-18-70)
(a) No embalmer or funeral director shall engage in the practice of
embalming or funeral directing at a funeral establishment or
crematory which is not licensed by the board. (b) A funeral establishment must be at a specified street address or
location and must have the following minimum facilities and
equipment: (1) A room with adequate seating for a minimum of 30 people in
which funeral services may be conducted; (2) A preparation room equipped with a nonporous, sanitary floor
and walls, and necessary drainage and ventilation and containing
necessary instruments and supplies for the preparation and
embalming of dead human bodies; (3) A display room containing an adequate stock of funeral caskets
as established by the board which shall not be less than eight and
which shall meet such other criteria as necessary to protect the
public; (4) At least one operable motor hearse which is either owned or
leased by the establishment and which has a current Georgia
registration; and (5) At least one church truck. (c) The board may adopt and enforce such rules as may be reasonable
and proper to define such necessary drainage, ventilation, and
sanitary flooring and walls and necessary and suitable instruments,
supplies, and merchandise in a funeral establishment. (d) If the funeral director resides in the funeral establishment to
be accessible to the community for purposes of satisfying the
requirements of funeral director in full and continuous charge, the
living quarters in the funeral establishment must include at a
minimum furnished sleeping quarters, cooking, refrigerating, and
bathing facilities. |