Agency 47. Cemetery Board
- Preface
VAC AGENCY NO. 47
CEMETERY BOARD
AGENCY SUMMARY
The Cemetery Board is a separate agency within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. The director of the department acts as the board's secretary and administrative officer. Code of Virginia, Title 54.1, Chapter 3. See the summary for the department for the powers and duties applicable to all regulatory boards. Code of Virginia, Title 54.1, Chapter 2.
The board regulates non-exempt, for-profit cemeteries offering perpetual care or pre-need services. The board is authorized to (i) license cemetery companies; (ii) regulate preneed burial contracts and disclosure requirements; (iii) require and regulate trust fund accounts; (iv) register sales personnel employed by a cemetery company; and (v) establish qualifications and standards of conduct for compliance agents. Code of Virginia, Title 54.1, Chapter 23.1.
Regulations are available from the board's office at 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 400, Richmond, VA 23233. Internet address: https://www.dpor.virginia.gov/Boards/Cemetery/.
Rev. 7/2026
- Chapter 10
- Public Participation Guidelines [Repealed]Read all
- Section 10
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- Section 20
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- Section 30
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- Section 40
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- Section 50
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- Section 60
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- Section 70
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- Section 80
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- Section 90
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- Chapter 11
- Public Participation GuidelinesRead all
- Part I
- Purpose and Definitions
- Section 10
- Purpose
- Section 20
- Definitions
- Part II
- Notification of Interested Persons
- Section 30
- Notification List
- Section 40
- Information to Be Sent to Persons on the Notification List
- Part III
- Public Participation Procedures
- Section 50
- Public Comment
- Section 60
- Petition for Rulemaking
- Section 70
- Appointment of Regulatory Advisory Panel
- Section 80
- Appointment of Negotiated Rulemaking Panel
- Section 90
- Meetings
- Section 100
- Public Hearings on Regulations
- Section 110
- Periodic Review of Regulations
- Chapter 20
- Cemetery Board Rules and RegulationsRead all
- Part I
- General Provisions
- Section 10
- Definitions
- Part II
- Application and Entry Requirements
- Section 20
- Necessity for License and Registration
- Section 30
- Qualifications for Cemetery Company License
- Section 35
- Qualifications for Compliance Agents and Designees
- Section 40
- Qualifications for Registration of Sales Personnel
- Section 50
- Concurrent Registration Permitted; Transfer of Sales Personnel Registration
- Section 60
- Qualifications of Trustees
- Section 70
- Application Fees
- Part III
- Renewal and Reinstatement of License
- Section 80
- Renewal Required
- Section 90
- Qualifications for Renewal
- Section 100
- Procedures for Renewal
- Section 110
- Reinstatement Required
- Section 120
- Status of Licensee or Registrant During the Period Prior to Reinstatement
- Section 130
- Board Discretion to Deny Renewal or Reinstatement
- Section 140
- Renewal and Reinstatement Fees
- Part IV
- Standards of Practice and Conduct
- Section 150
- Grounds for Disciplinary Action
- Section 160
- Maintenance of License and Registration
- Section 170
- Display and Verification of License or Registration
- Section 180
- Records of Interments
- Section 190
- Prohibited Activities
- Section 200
- Perpetual Care Trust Fund and Bonding Requirement
- Section 210
- Preneed Trust Fund and Bonding Requirements
- Section 220
- Itemized Statement and General Price List of Burial Fees to Be Furnished
- Section 230
- Preneed Burial Contracts
- Section 240
- [Repealed]
- Section 250
- Compliance Agent or Designee Conduct
- Section 260
- Protection of Perpetual Care and Preneed Trust Funds
- Section 270
- Standards of Approval of Training Course
- Section 280
- Special Interment Requirement
- FORMS
- Forms (18VAC47-20)
