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Article D2223-37 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The thanatopractors who hold the national diploma provided for in Article L. 2223-45 have the professional capacity to perform conservation care. Only thanatopractors who can prove that they have undergone the vaccination mentioned in article L. 3111-4-1 of the Public Health Code or exemption from or contraindication to this vaccination as specified in article R. 3111-4-2 may carry out this conservation care.

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Article D2223-39 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Regies, companies, associations and their establishments must send the prefect to whom they are applying for the authorisation provided for in Article L. 2223-23: -for each of their agents referred to in article D. 2223-35, a copy of the professional training certificate; -for each of their directors, managers, funeral advisers and masters of ceremony, subject to Articles D. 2223-55-7 and D. 2223-55-13, any document attesting to the possession of the…

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Article R2223-41 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Vocational training is paid for financially by employers in accordance with the terms defined in Chapter I of Title III of Book III of Part Six of the Legislative Part of the Labour Code. When it concerns local authority civil servants, it is provided under the conditions set by the loi n° 84-594 du 12 juillet 1984 relative à la formation des agents de la fonction publique territoriale et complétant…

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Article R2223-44 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Agents who welcome and provide information to families must provide proof of forty hours’ professional training. This training covers funeral legislation and regulations as well as health and safety (sixteen hours); the psychology and sociology of bereavement (eight hours); funeral protocol, the practices and symbolism of the various funeral rites including cremation (sixteen hours).

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Article R2223-46 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Agents in charge of an agency, establishment, branch or office where families who come to conclude a contract relating to funeral services are received, as well as the managers of a funeral home or crematorium, must prove that they hold the diploma mentioned in Article D. 2223-55-2, issued under the conditions defined in subparagraph 5 of this subsection.

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