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FUNERAL SERVICES DIRECTOR [3 records]

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Record 1 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade
  • Funeral Services
DEF

[A] product sold directly to the public in connection with funeral services.

CONT

To the extent that [the] law requires the purchase of a funeral good or service, the funeral director may tie the purchase of that good or service to the provision of funeral services.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce
  • Pompes funèbres
CONT

[Le] conseiller aux familles accueille les familles en deuil et planifie la disposition de la dépouille, fournit des explications concernant les services et les biens funéraires [...]

OBS

Les urnes et les cercueils sont des exemples de biens funéraires.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
CONT

If the funeral establishment provides the services of arterially embalming or restoring dead human bodies, the funeral establishment operator,(a) shall ensure that the day-to-day operations of the funeral establishment are managed by a person licensed as a funeral director...

OBS

Types of funeral establishments include full service funeral establishments and visitation centres (in Ontario, for instance).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
CONT

Les services d’une société de pompes funèbres - Les pompes funèbres sont chargées de l'organisation des obsèques d'une personne décédée. En effet, lorsqu'un décès survient, les proches du défunt font appel à une entreprise de services funéraires, qui va définir et organiser avec eux les obsèques (inhumation ou crémation), choix du modèle de cercueil, de la date des funérailles, du lieu de culte éventuel, etc.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
DEF

Services provided by a funeral director and staff, which may include consulting with the family on funeral planning; transportation, shelter, refrigeration and embalming of remains; preparing and filing notices; obtaining authorizations and permits; and coordinating with the cemetery, crematory or other third parties.

OBS

funeral services: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • funeral service

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
DEF

Services fournis par un entrepreneur de pompes funèbres et son personnel, lesquels peuvent comprendre la consultation avec la famille du défunt en vue de planifier les funérailles; le transport, la protection, la réfrigération et l’embaumement du corps; la préparation et la publication des avis de décès; l'obtention des autorisations et des permis nécessaires et la coordination des services avec le cimetière, le crématoire et toute autre tierce partie.

OBS

services funéraires : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • service funéraire

Spanish

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