Terms used in this chapter mean:

1. (1) "Board," the State Board of Funeral Service;
2. (2) "Branch chapel," a separate facility with a visitation room or chapel, in which no embalming is permitted, and which is owned by, a subsidiary of, or otherwise financially connected to or controlled by a licensed funeral establishment;

3. (3) "Funeral director," any person engaged in or holding out as being engaged in:

   1. (a) Conducting funeral services and burials of casketed remains;
   2. (b) Disinfecting and preserving dead human bodies; or
   3. (c) Cremating human remains;
4. (4) "Funeral establishment," a business, at a physical location, devoted to caring for and preparing dead human bodies for burial or transportation;
5. (5) "Trainee," any person who has registered with the board and is engaged in training to provide funeral services.

Source: SDC 1939, § 27.1401; SL 1939, ch 102 , § 1; SL 1963, ch 154 , § 1; SL 1994, ch 351 , § 79; SL 2010, ch 193 , § 1; SL 2023, ch 137 , § 1.