§ 497.391, Fla. Stat. · Part III. FUNERAL DIRECTING, EMBALMING,AND RELATED SERVICES
Exceptions.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to limit the sale of caskets, alternative containers, outer burial containers, or funeral merchandise by any person on an at-need basis.
(2) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to override the written instructions or wishes of the deceased as to how her or his body is to be disposed of, if such instructions are reasonably available at the time of death.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
ss. 1, 5, ch. 79-231; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 1, ch. 89-8; ss. 34, 122, ch. 93-399; s. 329, ch. 97-103; s. 96, ch. 2004-301.
Note
Note.—Former s. 470.039.
Source of truth
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