Consumer Protection BC has issued compliance orders and administrative penalties to six funeral directors and embalmers for:
- Failing to complete the required education and training, contrary to section 38(1)(a) and (b) of the Cremation Interment and Funeral Services Regulation, which requires funeral directors and embalmers to complete the following training every two years once licensed:
- (a) 6 hours of training in a program of funeral services that is approved by the director, if licensed as a funeral director, and
- (b) 6 hours of training in a program of embalming that is approved by the director, if licensed as an embalmer.
The licensed funeral directors and embalmers are:
Brent Hamilton
- Issued an administrative penalty of $700
- Read the compliance order, notice of administrative penalty and the reasons for the decision
Kole Roth
- Issued an administrative penalty of $500
- Read the compliance order, notice of administrative penalty and the reasons for the decision
Lindsay Randolph
- Issued an administrative penalty of $500
- Read the compliance order, notice of administrative penalty and the reasons for the decision
Ronald Lund
- Issued and administrative penalty of $800
- Read the compliance order, notice of administrative penalty and the reasons for the decision
Michael Crean
- Issued and administrative penalty of $450
- Read the compliance order, notice of administrative penalty and the reasons for the decision
Casey Leeson
- Issued and administrative penalty of $450
- Read the compliance order, notice of administrative penalty and the reasons for the decision
Each person has been ordered to complete the education and training requirements for the previous two-year period, if they haven’t already.
By law, each of them has 30 days to request a reconsideration of the decision.
All money received from administrative penalties is deposited into the Consumer Advancement Fund (as required by section 169 of the BPCPA).
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