2021 Georgia Code
Title 43 - Professions and Businesses
Chapter 18 - Funeral Directors and Establishments, Embalmers, and Crematories
Article 1 - Funeral Directors and Establishments, Embalmers, and Crematories

- Disposition of dead bodies generally, T. 31, C. 21.

- Ga. L. 1990, effective April 11, 1990, repealed the Code sections formerly codified at this article and enacted the current article. The former article, pertaining to funeral directors, embalmers, and operators of funeral establishments, consisted of Code Sections43-18-1 through43-18-8 (Part 1 of Article 1),43-18-20 through43-18-23 (Part 2 of Article 1),43-18-40 through43-18-50 (Part 3 of Article 1), and43-18-70 through43-18-77 (Part 4 of Article 1). These Code sections were based on Ga. L. 1899, p. 70, §§ 1-9; Civil Code 1910, §§ 1712-1720; Penal Code 1910, § 411; Ga. L. 1916, p. 77, §§ 1, 3; Ga. L. 1925, p. 188, § 2; Ga. L. 1933, p. 132, §§ 1, 2, 5, 6, 9; Code 1933, §§ 84-801 - 84-812, 84-816, 84-819 - 84-823, 84-827 - 84-829, 84-9912, 84-9913; Ga. L. 1935, p. 485, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1943, p. 307, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1950, p. 238, §§ 1-14, 17-20, 24-29; Ga. L. 1959, p. 359, § 1; Ga. L. 1960, p. 806, §§ 1-10; Ga. L. 1966, p. 377, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 811, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1152, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 233, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1002, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1359, §§ 1-4; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1097, §§ 2-6; Code 1981, § 43-18-8; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 43; Ga. L. 1984, p. 511, §§ 1-3.

Ga. L. 1990, p. 1372, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "nothing in this Act shall prohibit any funeral home director to conduct business outside of his or her county of residence."

- Organization, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia State Board of Funeral Service, Chapter 230-1.