REGULATIVA POGREBNIH USLUGA OPREMANjA, TRANSPORTA, ČUVANjA I UKOPA POSMRTNIH OSTATAKA

Abstract

The subject of the author’s analysis are the provisions which in the national legislation regulate funeral services. In the first two parts of the paper, the author determines the jurisdictions for offering funeral services and establishes a difference between funeral and burial services. In the next part of the paper, the author conducts the analysis of the regulative activities which precede the burial, such as death verification and registration. The last three parts of the paper are dedicated to reviewing in which way the law regulates the activities which comprise the core of funeral services and burial procedures, such as preparing of the deceased for the burial, the transport and keeping of the remains, display and burial ceremony of the deceased. In the concluding part of the paper, the author evaluates the regulations governing funeral services, underlying those that need to be corrected in future.