N.Y. PBH Law § 3400

§ 3400. Funeral directing; definitions. As used in this article,\nunless otherwise stated, the following terms shall have the respective\nmeanings hereinafter set forth or indicated:\n (a) "Funeral director" means a person to whom a valid license as such\nhas been duly issued.\n (b) "Undertaker" means a person to whom a valid license as such has\nbeen duly issued.\n (c) "Embalmer" means a person to whom a valid license as such has been\nduly issued.\n (d) "Funeral directing" means the care and disposal of the body of a\ndeceased person and/or the preserving, disinfecting and preparing by\nembalming or otherwise, the body of a deceased person for funeral\nservices, transportation, burial or cremation; and/or funeral directing\nor embalming as presently known whether under these titles or\ndesignations or otherwise.\n (e) "Undertaking" means the care, disposal, transportation, burial or\ncremation by any means other than embalming of the body of a deceased\nperson.\n (f) "Embalming" means preparing, disinfecting and preserving, either\nhypodermically, arterially or by any other recognized means the body of\na deceased person for burial, cremation or other final disposition.\n (g) "Funeral establishment" means a single physical location, address\nor premises devoted to or used for the care and preparation of a body of\na deceased person for disposition and for mourning or funeral ceremonial\npurposes.\n (h) "Burial" includes transportation and/or cremation.\n (i) "Advertisement" means the publication, dissemination, circulation,\nor placing before the public, or causing directly or indirectly to be\nmade, published, disseminated, or placed before the public, any\nannouncement or statement in a newspaper, magazine, or other\npublication, or in the form of a book, notice, circular, pamphlet,\nletter, hand-bill, poster, bill, sign, placard, card, label, tag, or by\nradio or television or any other means.\n (j) "Funeral firm" means an individual, partnership, corporation or\nestate representative engaged in the business and practice of funeral\ndirecting.\n (k) "Registered resident" means a person who passed a funeral\ndirecting examination and who is duly registered as such with the\ndepartment while in the employ of a registered funeral firm and who is\nengaged in the practice of funeral directing under the supervision of a\nlicensed funeral director or undertaker and embalmer; provided, however,\nthat a registered resident shall not have authority to sign any form or\ndocument required by law which requires the signature of a licensed\nfuneral director or make funeral arrangements or own or manage a funeral\nfirm.\n (l) "Embalming fluid" means any chemicals or substances manufactured\nprimarily for use by licensed funeral directors, undertakers or\nembalmers, or registered residents, to prepare, disinfect or preserve,\neither hypodermically, arterially or by any other recognized means the\nbody of a deceased person for burial, cremation or other final\ndisposition.\n