3199.1 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the meanings ascribed:

Act – the District of Columbia Services Regulatory Act of 1984, D.C. Law 5-84, D.C. Code, section 2-2801 et seq.

Board – Board of Funeral Directors for the District of Columbia as established by the act.

Business day – a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or other day on which the Department is officially closed.

Department – the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.

Director – the Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, or the Director’s designee.

Funeral goods – personal property typically sold or provided in connection with the practice of funeral directing, including caskets, cremation or transportation containers, vaults, grave liners, funeral clothing or accessories, monuments, and grave markers.

Funeral services – services rendered in connection with the practice of funeral directing.

Funeral services establishment – a location in the District at which the practice of funeral directing is performed or the person or entity which owns the funeral business at that location.

Legal holiday – a day designated as a legal holiday by the President, the Congress, or the Mayor or Council of the District of Columbia and which is observed by the government of the District of Columbia.

License – a license issued by the Director pursuant to the act and this chapter.

Next of kin – the relatives and priority of relatives as set forth in section 3012.2 of Chapter 30 of this title.

Party – a respondent, the Corporation Counsel, or any other person recognized by the Director as a party in proceedings under this chapter.

Practice of funeral directing – the care, preservation, disposal, or preparation of human remains for funeral services, burial, cremation, or transportation.

Respondent – a person against whom an adverse action is contemplated, proposed, or taken.

Source: Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 7853, 7876 (October 23, 1992).