Notice is hereby given in accordance with § 2.2-4007.01 of the Code of Virginia that the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers intends to consider amending 18VAC65-20, Regulations of the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers. The purpose of the proposed action is to incorporate the board's guidance on the statutory requirements for express permission to embalm a body and for refrigeration of a dead human body into the board's regulations so if necessary, compliance can be enforced through a disciplinary proceeding.

The agency intends to hold a public hearing on the proposed action after publication in the Virginia Register.

Statutory Authority: §§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-2803 of the Code of Virginia.

Public Comment Deadline: June 14, 2017.

Agency Contact: Corie Tillman Wolf, Executive Director, Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-4479, FAX (804) 527-4471, or email fanbd@dhp.virginia.gov.