36-19-1. Definitions.Terms used in this chapter mean:(1)'Board,' the State Board of Funeral Service;(2)'Branch chapel,' a separate facility with a visitation room or chapel, in which no embalming is permitted, and which is owned by, a subsidiary of, or otherwise financially connected to or controlled by a licensed funeral establishment;(3)'Funeral director,' any person engaged in or holding out as being engaged in:(a)Conducting funeral services and burials of casketed remains;(b)Disinfecting and preserving dead human bodies; or(c)Cremating human remains;(4)'Funeral establishment,' a business, at a physical location, devoted to caring for and preparing dead human bodies for burial or transportation;(5)'Trainee,' any person who has registered with the board and is engaged in training to provide funeral services. Source: SDC 1939, §27.1401; SL 1939, ch 102, §1; SL 1963, ch 154, §1; SL 1994, ch 351, §79; SL 2010, ch 193, §1; SL 2023, ch 137, §1.
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