No person engaged in the business of funeral directing and no licensed funeral director or licensed embalmer shall fail to provide the person making funeral arrangements or arranging for disposition of a dead human body, at the time funeral arrangements are completed and prior to the time of rendering service or providing merchandise, a written statement indicating to the extent then known: (1) The price of the service that the person has selected and what is included therein; (2) the price of each supplemental item of service or merchandise requested; (3) the amount involved for each of the items for which the funeral firm will advance money as an accommodation to the family of the deceased; and (4) the methods of payment. No person engaged in the business of funeral directing and no licensed funeral director or licensed embalmer shall bill or cause to be billed any item that is referred to as a “cash advanced” item unless the net amount paid for such item by the funeral firm is the same as is billed by the funeral firm.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 20-230b

  • Funeral directing: means the business, practice or profession, as commonly practiced, of (A) directing or supervising funerals, or providing funeral services. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-207
  • Funeral director: means any person engaged or holding himself or herself out as engaged in funeral directing whether or not he or she uses in connection with his or her name or business the words "funeral director" "undertaker" or "mortician" or any other word or title intended to designate him or her as a funeral director or mortician or as one so engaged. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-207
  • Licensed embalmer: means an embalmer holding a license as provided in this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-207
  • Licensed funeral director: means a funeral director holding a license as provided in this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-207
  • Person: means an individual or corporation, but not a partnership. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-207