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    Document Summary
    - Report Published -

    House Document No. 18
    PUBLICATION YEAR 1998

    Document Title
    Study of Competition in the Funeral Industry in Virginia

    Author
    Department of Health Professions; Board of Health Professions

    Enabling Authority
    HJR 553 (1997)

    Executive Summary
    The Virginia Board of Health Professions conducted this study pursuant to House Joint Resolution 553 of the 1997 Session of the Virginia General Assembly (see Appendices 1 and 2). In conjunction with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and in cooperation with the Virginia Funeral Directors Association, the Virginia Cemetery Association, Inc., and the Independent Funeral Homes of Virginia, the following report reflects the information gleaned about the current trends in the funeral industry. Specifically, the study focuses on the current national trend toward companies owning both cemeteries and funeral homes.