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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:37:855",
  "title_number": "37",
  "section_number": "855",
  "citation": "R.S. 37:855",
  "heading": "Right to arrange funeral goods and services",
  "text": "A. The persons in the priority listed in R.S. 8:655 and R.S. 37:876 have the right to arrange with a funeral director or funeral establishment for funeral goods and services, as defined in R.S. 37:831, in preparation for the disposition of the remains of a decedent.\n\nB. There is no liability for a funeral director, funeral establishment, or any respective employee for following the directions or relying on the representation of a person representing himself to be the person who has the prior right to arrange the funeral goods and services for the remains of a decedent in accordance with Subsection A of this Section.\n\nC. There shall be no liability for a funeral director, funeral establishment, or any respective employee for permitting any interested person to view human remains in the care of the funeral director or funeral establishment.",
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      "level": "title",
      "number": "37",
      "name": "PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS"
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      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "10",
      "name": "EMBALMING AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS"
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      "number": "I",
      "name": "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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  "breadcrumb": "Title 37 › Chapter 10 › Part I",
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      "act_year": 2016,
      "act_number": 143,
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    },
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      "act_year": 2020,
      "act_number": 329,
      "section": 1,
      "effective_date": "2020-06-12",
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 2016, No. 143, §2, eff. May 19, 2016; Acts 2020, No. 329, §1, eff. June 12, 2020.",
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