THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UUA URGES the adoption and implementation of proposed US Federal Trade Commission regulations which prohibit:
- Requiring caskets for immediate cremations;
- Misrepresenting legal or public health necessities;
- Disparaging the customer's concern about prices;
- Failing to display least expensive caskets;
- Obtaining custody of or embalming bodies without written or oral permission from a family member;
- Interfering with the customer's selection of offered items;
- Failing to furnish a price list of all caskets available for purchase and failing to show the price prominently on each casket displayed;
- Failing to furnish prior to the customer's decision an itemized price list of goods and services from which the customer is free to select only desired items.