North Carolina General Statutes 90-210.24. Inspector
(a) The Board may appoint one or more agents who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and who shall have the title “Inspector of the North Carolina Board of Funeral Service.” No person is eligible for appointment as inspector unless at the time of the appointment the person is licensed under this Article as a funeral service licensee.
(b) To determine compliance with the provisions of this Article and regulations promulgated under this Article, inspectors may
(1) Enter the office, establishment or place of business of any funeral service licensee, funeral director or embalmer in North Carolina, and any office, establishment or place in North Carolina where the practice of funeral service or embalming is carried on, or where that practice is advertised as being carried on, or where a funeral is being conducted or a body is being embalmed, to inspect the records, office, establishment, or facility, or to inspect the practice being carried on or license or registration of any licensee and any resident trainee operating therein;
(2) Enter any hospital, nursing home, or other institution from which a dead human body has been removed by any person licensed under this Article or their designated representative to inspect records pertaining to the removal and its authorization; and
(3) May inspect criminal and probation records of licensees and applicants for licenses under this Article to obtain evidence of their character.
Inspectors may serve papers and subpoenas issued by the Board or any office or member thereof under authority of this Article, and shall perform other duties prescribed or ordered by the Board.
(c) Upon request by the Board, the Attorney General of North Carolina shall provide the inspectors with appropriate identification cards, signed by the Attorney General or his designated agent.
(d) The Board may prescribe an inspection form to be used by the inspectors in performing their duties. (1975, c. 571; 1979, c. 461, s. 10; 1993, c. 164, s. 2; 1997-399, s. 4; 2003-420, ss. 1, 6.)
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 90-210.24
- Board: means the North Carolina Board of Funeral Service. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-210.20
- Embalmer: means any person engaged in the practice of embalming. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-210.20
- Embalming: means the preservation and disinfection or attempted preservation and disinfection of dead human bodies by application of chemicals externally or internally or both and the practice of restorative art including the restoration or attempted restoration of the appearance of a dead human body. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-210.20
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Funeral director: means any person engaged in the practice of funeral directing. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-210.20
- Funeral service: means the aggregate of all funeral service licensees and their duties and responsibilities in connection with the funeral as an organized, purposeful, time-limited, flexible, group-centered response to death. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-210.20
- Funeral service licensee: means a person who is duly licensed and engaged in the practice of funeral service. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-210.20
- Practice of funeral service: means engaging in the care or disposition of dead human bodies or in the practice of disinfecting and preparing by embalming or otherwise dead human bodies for the funeral service, transportation, burial or cremation, or in the practice of funeral directing or embalming as presently known, whether under these titles or designations or otherwise. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-210.20
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Resident trainee: means a person who is engaged in preparing to become licensed for the practice of funeral directing, embalming or funeral service under the personal supervision and instruction of a person duly licensed for the practice of funeral directing, embalming or funeral service in the State of North Carolina under the provisions of this Chapter, and who is duly registered as a resident trainee with the Board. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-210.20