The ICCFA Government and Legal Affairs Committee has developed a set of 28 model guidelines for state laws and regulations, which have been approved by the Board of Directors. The guidelines combine a sensitivity to consumer protection issues with the need for all industry members, whether for-profit or not-for-profit, cemeteries, funeral homes, retail monument dealers or crematories, to conduct their operations according to sound business principles. Below are listed the links for all 28 model guidelines, plus an economic review of minimum funding requirements titled, "A Study of Preneed Funding Requirements."
a) A Study Of Preneed Trust Funding Requirements
3) Prepaid Contract Trust Funds
4) Alternatives To Trusting - Financial Instruments
5) Alternatives To Trusting - Constructive Delivery/Warehousing
6) Insurance-funded Prearrangements
9) Reclamation Of Interment Rights
11) Zoning And Related Construction Standards For Cemeteries
12) Cemetery And Funeral Establishment Combinations
13) Authorization To Control Final Disposition
14) Identification Of Human Remains
15) Handling Of Human Remains In Conjunction With The Cremation Process
16) Cure Period For Violations
17) Solicitation
19) Memorial Sales And Installation
20) Conversion Of Prepaid Contract Trust Funds To Insurance
21) Criteria For Establishing A New Cemetery
22) Record Keeping Requirements
23) Handling of Human Remains In Conjunction With Final Disposition
24) Dedication Of Cemetery Property
25) Disinterment
26) Predeveloped Interment Spaces