O. Reg. 306/16: CODE OF ETHICS

 

ontario regulation 306/16

made under the

Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act, 2002

Made: September 13, 2016
Approved: September 12, 2016
Filed: September 14, 2016
Published on e-Laws: September 15, 2016
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: October 1, 2016

Code of Ethics

Purpose

1. The purpose of this Regulation is to preserve the standards of professional conduct and competence that, under the Board of Funeral Services Act, as it read immediately before its repeal on April 1, 2016, the Board of Funeral Services was entitled to require of individuals licensed as funeral directors under the Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act, 2002.

Definition

2. In this Regulation,

“funeral director” means an individual licensed as a funeral director under the Act.

Professional misconduct

3. A funeral director shall not engage in conduct for which the person may be found guilty of professional misconduct under subsection 16 (2) of the Board of Funeral Services Act and section 8 of Ontario Regulation 32/11 (General) made under that Act as they read immediately before the repeal of that Act on April 1, 2016, with necessary modifications.

Incompetence

4. A funeral director shall not engage in conduct for which the person may be incompetent under subsection 16 (3) of the Board of Funeral Services Act as that subsection read immediately before the repeal of that Act on April 1, 2016, with necessary modifications.

Commencement

5. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

Made by:

Bereavement Authority of Ontario

Tom Wright

Chair

Date made: September 13, 2016

I approve this Regulation.

Marie-France Lalonde

Minister of Government and Consumer Services

Date approved: September 12, 2016