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FTC Funeral Rule General Price List

The Federal Trade Commission Funeral Rule applies to “funeral providers” – those who sell or offer to sell both funeral goods and funeral services to the public. Under the Rule, funeral providers are required to give consumers accurate, itemized price information and various other disclosures about funeral goods and services.

In addition, the Rule prohibits funeral providers from: 

  • misrepresenting legal, crematory, and cemetery requirements
  • embalming for a fee without permission
  • requiring the purchase of a casket for direct cremation
  • requiring consumers to buy certain funeral goods or services as a condition for furnishing other funeral goods or services
  • engaging in other deceptive or unfair practices

Violations of the Funeral Rule can trigger penalties of up to $43,280* per violation.

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Price Lists

The Funeral Rule requires three price lists: the General Price List (GPL), the Casket Price List (CPL), and Outer Burial Container Price List (OBCPL).

Learn about the disclosures required on the General Price List 

Funeral providers must offer the price list when they begin to discuss any of the following:

  • the type of funeral or disposition that funeral providers can arrange; 
  • the specific goods and services that funeral providers offer; or 
  • the prices of the funeral provider’s goods and services.

On the General Price List, you have to disclose 16 specified items of goods and services. If you do not offer one or more of the 16 items, you need not list those items on the General Price List. In addition to these 16 items, you also may list other items that you offer, such as acknowledgement cards. The itemized prices on your General Price List, as well as your Casket Price List and Outer Burial Container Price List, should be accurate and up-to-date. These prices should reflect the prices that you actually charge your customers. The 16 items that must include the price for each item are: 

  1. Forwarding of remains to another funeral home 
  2. Receiving remains from another funeral home 
  3. Direct cremation 
  4. Immediate burial
  5. Basic services of funeral director and staff, and overhead 
  6. Transfer of remains to funeral home 
  7. Embalming 
  8. Other preparation of the body 
  9. Use of facilities and staff for viewing 
  10. Use of facilities and staff for funeral ceremony 
  11. Use of facilities and staff for memorial service 
  12. Use of equipment and staff for graveside service 
  13. Hearse 
  14. Limousine 
  15. Either individual casket prices or the range of casket prices that appear on the Casket Price List 
  16. Either individual outer burial container prices or the range of outer burial container prices that appear on the Outer Burial Container Price List 

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