MORTUARIES AND FUNERAL FACILITIES ACT, 1998

(1) There is established by this Act a body corporate to be known as the National Board for Mortuaries and Funeral Facilities. (2) The Board shall have perpetual succession, a common seal and may sue and be sued in its own name. (3) The Board may for the performance of its functions, acquire and hold movable or immovable property and may enter into a contract or any other transaction.

(1) The object of the Board is to control and regulate facilities connected with the storage and disposal of human remains. (2) For the purpose of subsection (1) of this section, the Board shall (a) regulate facilities under this Act; (b) approve and register practitioners; (c) determine basic specifications of equipment for facilities; (d) ensure in the public interest the provision of the highest standard of service by practitioners; (e) regulate the siting of facilities in the country; (f) issue licences; (g) categorise the various facilities for handling human remains and classify them in accordance with their storage capacity; (h) establish, develop, and maintain ethics for practitioners; (i) approve or set courses of study and examinations for the qualification of applicants for registration in collaboration with such educational institutions as it may determine; (j) promote public education activities with respect to this Act; (k) supervise and monitor activities of the district committees under this Act; (l) act as mediator of complaints between consumers and practitioners; (m) determine and approve fees payable under this Act by practitioner and licensees; (n) control and monitor the standard of service for storage and disposal of human remains in government institutions and advise the Minister accordingly; and (o) perform any other functions as are ancillary to the object of the Board. (3) The Board may delegate its functions under this Act.