FCA of Idaho Resources

Consumer Advocacy for Deathcare issues

Funeral Consumers Alliance The national organization with which FCA of Idaho is affiliated.
Idaho Attorney General's Office Consumer Protection Unit
Snake River Region Better Business Bureau
Federal Trade Commission consumer information on funerals and related matters, including:

Facts for Consumers, your rights when buying funeral goods & services
The more detailed Funerals: a Consumers Guide
The text and detailed Information about the Funeral Rule, regarding availability of General Price Lists (GPL), what has to be on the GPL, etc.

Internment.net has information about cemeteries around the world. You can browse by Idaho county from this list of Idaho cemeteries.
Ada County assistance for Indigent Deceased

Idaho Attorney General's information on Living Wills and Idaho's Natural Death Act
The State of Idaho's Health Care Directive Registry.
As of July 1, 2007, the Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment (POST) form provides a standardized form for expressing your wishes in advance of needing medical treatment. As explained in the Patient FAQs, A POST form is appropriate in cases where a patient has an incurable or irreversible injury, disease, illness or condition, or where a patient is in a persistent vegetative state. A POST form is also appropriate if such conditions are anticipated. The state Health and Welfare Emergency Medical Services website has links to more information, including instructions and a sample form.
Informed Consent: What You Should Know When Donating Your Body, from Gere Fulton and Lamar Hankins, co-chairs of the Legal Committee of the national Funeral Consumers Alliance.
Idaho End-of-Life Coalition, the joining of A Better Way Coalition and the Idaho State Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

The Idaho State Board of Morticians website includes information for filing a complaint, and links to licensure law and rules, meeting notices, agendas and minutes.
The Idaho Legislature
Idaho Statutes

Idaho statutes, Title 54, Chapter 11, Morticians, Funeral Directors and Embalmers
Idaho statute Title 39, Chapter 45: The Medical Consent and Natural Death Act (includes links to the statutory Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care)
Rules of the State Board of Morticians (PDF)

Idaho Legal Aid Services is a nonprofit Idaho law firm with offices throughout the state, working to seek equal justice for the underprivileged and poor through legal representation, community outreach, and education.