West Virginia Code 30-6-16 – Inspector and inspection requirements
(a) All inspectors employed by the board to inspect funeral establishments and crematories, pursuant to the provisions of this article, shall have a West Virginia embalmer‘s license and a West Virginia funeral director‘s license.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 30-6-16
- Board: means the West Virginia Board of Funeral Service Examiners. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
- Crematory: means a licensed place of business where a deceased human body is reduced to ashes and bone fragments. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
- Embalmer: means a person licensed to practice embalming. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
- Embalming: means the practice of introducing chemical substances, fluids, or gases used for the purpose of preservation or disinfection into the vascular system or hollow organs of a dead human body by arterial or hypodermic injection for the restoration of the physical appearance of a deceased. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
- Funeral: means a service, ceremony, or rites performed for the deceased with a body present. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
- Funeral directing: means the business of engaging in the following:
(a) The shelter, custody, or care of a deceased. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
- Funeral director: means a person licensed to practice funeral directing. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
- Funeral establishment: means a licensed place of business devoted to the care, preparation, and arrangements for the transporting, embalming, funeral, burial, or other disposition of a deceased. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
- License: means a license, which is not transferable or assignable, to:
(a) Practice embalming and funeral directing. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
- Person: means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, not-for-profit organization, or any other organization. See West Virginia Code 30-6-3
(b) Each inspector shall inspect a specific region, as designated by the board. Any person being employed as an inspector is prohibited from inspecting in the region in which he or she practices. If there is only one inspector, a board member, who is not from the region where the inspector practices, is authorized to inspect the facilities in the region where the inspector practices.
(c) All inspections shall be conducted in a manner so as not to interfere with the conduct of business within the funeral establishment or crematory. The board has the authority to enter, at all reasonable hours, for the purpose of inspecting the premises in which the business of embalming, funeral directing, or cremating is conducted.
(d) All of an inspector’s expenses, per diem, and compensation shall be paid out of the receipts of the board, but the allowances shall at no time exceed the receipts of the board.
(e) The board is authorized to set fees for inspections: Provided, That there shall be no fee for a biennial inspection, based on the funeral establishment’s renewal date.