**Rescinded June 15, 2020 April 22, 2020 – This addendum reinforces yesterday’s Registrar’s Directive – effective today. No in-person, real-time witnessing of cremations is permitted. Licensees are not allowed to book “holds” – as this …
**Rescinded June 15, 2020 Effective April 22, 2020, crematoriums can only have authorized licensed personnel and employees present during their cremation operations. In-person witnessing of cremation is not permitted. This change is necessary for the …
April 7, 2020 – This directive adds a greater limitation on the number of people who can be at funeral homes, not counting funeral home staff.The new maximum number of people who can be at …
10 MAX or LESS at funerals, visitations March 28, 2020 – Revised April 7 — The maximum number of people who can attend a funeral home at one time is 10 or fewer. This number …
Re. COVID-19 – Cemeteries directed to open for interments March 24, 2020 – All cemeteries in Ontario are directed to open their cemeteries and be available for interments immediately, or as soon as possible if …
Reduced max at funerals + more directives March 23, 2020 – Today, as Registrar, I’m ordering a new limit on the number of people who can attend funerals, in anticipation of increased demands from COVID-19 …
RESCINDED – JANUARY 7th, 2020 On February 14, 2018, the Registrar, Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act 2002 (FBCSA), issued a Notice to the Profession regarding a study and assessment of the alkaline hydrolysis process. The …
The Registrar, Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act, 2002, Bereavement Authority of Ontario, requires that professionally licensed archaeologists retained to conduct any invasive type of archaeological assessments or investigations within a cemetery, submit a request …
The Registrar, Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act 2002 (FBCSA), proposes to issue the following Directive in respect of requirements for anyone conducting the transportation of deceased human bodies. All interested persons are invited to …
Any person who provides the service of transporting dead human bodies in the Province of Ontario must be licensed under the Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act, 2002 (FBCSA) as a Transfer Service Operator. The …
