S.C. Code Ann. § 40-19-290 – Disclosure of expenses in connection with available services and merchandise; representations as to legal requirements; posting of casket prices

(A) The personnel of a funeral establishment shall make every reasonable attempt to fulfill the desires of the deceased and persons making arrangements both as to services and merchandise, and a full disclosure of all its available services and merchandise must be made before selection of the casket. Before the arrangements are completed, the licensee of the funeral service firm shall disclose fully what is included in the funeral and identify other related expenses such as cemeteries and florists.
(B) Statements of legal requirements or statements relative to the conditions under which embalming is required or advisable must be complete and factual. Representations as to legal requirements for embalming, the use of a casket or other receptacle, and the necessity, if any, of an interment receptacle in connection with a funeral must be truthful, and all legal or cemetery interment requirements must be disclosed.
(C) A funeral service establishment shall have a card or brochure in each casket stating the price of the casket.
1. (1) the price of the service that the persons have selected and what is included in the service;
2. (2) the price of each of the supplemental items of service and merchandise requested;
3. (3) the amount involved for each of the items for which the funeral service firm shall advance monies as an accommodation to the family;
4. (4) the method of payment.
The funeral establishment shall provide to the persons making the arrangements, at the time the arrangements are completed and before the time of rendering the service, a written statement signed by a representative of the funeral home and by the person authorizing the services showing to the extent then known: