Federal Trade Commission Funeral Rule
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:legislation
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Funeral_Rule
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| gptkbp:amendedBy |
1994
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| gptkbp:appliesTo |
funeral directors
funeral homes |
| gptkbp:citation |
gptkb:16_CFR_Part_453
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| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
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| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
1984
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| gptkbp:enforcedBy |
gptkb:Federal_Trade_Commission
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Federal Trade Commission Funeral Rule
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| gptkbp:penalty |
civil penalties
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| gptkbp:prohibits |
funeral providers from requiring purchase of unwanted goods or services
embalming without permission misrepresentation of legal, crematory, and cemetery requirements requiring casket for cremation misleading claims about preservative features of caskets and vaults |
| gptkbp:protectedBy |
right to choose only goods and services desired
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| gptkbp:purpose |
protect consumers purchasing funeral goods and services
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| gptkbp:requires |
funeral providers to give itemized price lists
funeral providers to disclose pricing information over the phone General Price List to be provided to consumers Outer Burial Container Price List to be shown before viewing containers written statement after arrangements showing selected goods and services Casket Price List to be shown before viewing caskets |
| gptkbp:subjectOf |
FTC enforcement actions
FTC consumer education materials |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Casket_Price_List_(CPL)
gptkb:Outer_Burial_Container_Price_List_(OBCPL) |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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