It is not the job of the State Board to inform it’s charges (funeral homes) of the step up of FTC compliance investiagtions. FTC Compliance is the law of the land and as such the Board should embrace and enforce the Consumer Law. By the way it is and has always been clear when the GPL is to be made available to the Consumer………………….PRIOR TO DISCUSSING THE SELECTION OF ANY SERVICES OR MERCHANDISE. SAME GOES FOR PERMISSION TO EMBALM AND THE FTC REQUIRED DISCLOSURE EMBALMING IS NOT NECESSARY EXCEPT UNDER CERTIAN CIRCUMSTANCES AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR EMBALMING YOU DID NOT AUTHORIZE IF YOU SELECT CREMATION OR DIRECT BURIAL. THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION CREATED THE FUNERAL RULE TO PROTECT THE CONSUMER AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING IT SINCE INCEPTION. AS FAR AS THE LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS……………WELL THAT’S THE CHICKENS GARDING THE CHICKEN COOP…….YOU KNOW THE GOOD OLE BOY THING, POLITICS AS USUAL. Mr. Rauch’s comment about cemetery prohibitions of certian types or sizes of caskets………. please seek challange him to name and document but one, other than the possibility of a green cemetery. I can’t imagin any cemetery prohibiting the use of a particular type of casket and I would think the size would in part be determined by the individual being buried. Mr. Mothe’s offer to purchase caskets from the Abbey and resell at little or no profit SHAME on YOU Mr. Mothe why would you think you are entitled to a profit on such an arrangement. Wouldn’t that be considered a handeling fee which is prohibited by the FTC ? OH! you could simply list it as a cash advance and charge a reasonable markup, so long as you informed the client there would be a charge for purchasing this item for them. I suspect an examination of Louisiana Funeral Homes with regard to FTC GPL Compliance would result in some real eye opening statistics that would show JUST HOW MUCH THE CONSUMER HAS TO BE AWARE OF. ispy4u@aol.com
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