Every funeral service or interment, or part thereof, that is conducted in Mississippi must be in the actual charge and under the supervision of a funeral director or funeral service licensee who is licensed under this chapter. However, this section shall not prevent a family from burying its own dead without charge. Laws, 2002, ch. 497, § 15; reenacted without change, Laws, 2005, ch. 542, § 16; reenacted without change, Laws, 2012, ch. 466, § 17, eff. 7/1/2012.Reenacted without change by Laws, 2021, ch. 311, SB 2098,§ 16, eff. 7/1/2021.Reenacted by Laws, 2017, ch. 373, HB 465, 17, eff. 7/1/2017.
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