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    <h2> <a name="top"></a> Haddad Requests &quot;Advisory Opinion&quot;</h2>
    <h3>Update &#8211; October 7, 2005</h3>
    <p>It was my intent to share with you, at this time, the results of the investigation 
      into the State Board, its members, its investigator, and its legal counsel; 
      and their individual roles in the &#8220;colossal conspiracy&#8221; we have 
      uncovered as a result of the twenty-two (22) month investigation undertaken 
      to date. So voluminous are our records and so damaging to the credibility 
      of the State Board and several funeral directors in Central Massachusetts 
      are the findings, that I have decided to request the appointment of a &#8220;Special 
      Prosecutor&#8221; to review all the facts we have gathered to date.</p>
    <p>I have been advised that I have the right to strict confidentiality of 
      my name and the nature of the information or complaints I will provide and 
      complaint(s) I may file. I have advised State Authorities this will not 
      be necessary, as I operated ONLY with both &#8220;hands on top of the table&#8221; 
      and stand for &#8220;Who I Am&#8221; and &#8220;Let the facts speak for 
      themselves.&#8221;</p>
    <p>During the investigation alluded to above, several instances of potential 
      irregularities have been suggested or surfaced that we felt necessitated 
      a request for an &#8220;Advisory Opinion&#8221; from the State Board of 
      Registration of Funeral Directors &amp; Embalmers. Knowing the State Board 
      encourages Funeral Directors and others to seek advisory opinions as they 
      deem appropriate, I initiated the following request for an &#8220;Advisory 
      Opinion&#8221; from the State Board of Registration of Funeral Directors 
      and Embalmers on Thursday, September 29, 2005 and shall publish on this 
      web site the timely response anticipate from the State Board.</p>
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    <p><strong>September 29, 2005<br>
      State Board of Registration of <br>
      Funeral Directors &amp; Embalmers<br>
      Commonwealth of Massachusetts<br>
      239 Causeway Street<br>
      Boston, MA 02114</strong></p>
    <p><strong>Request for an &#8220;Advisory Opinion&#8221;</strong></p>
    <p>I am aware that it is unlawful in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for 
      a funeral establishment to arrange for the transfer/removal of a deceased 
      human being or to transport a deceased human being without one or more of 
      those participating in the transfer to be licensed by the Commonwealth of 
      Massachusetts. Is my understanding of the matter correct thus far?</p>
    <p>I request an <strong>&#8220;advisory opinion&#8221;</strong> as to the 
      penalty/penalties that would likely be assessed to a funeral home and/or 
      funeral director that intentionally violated this regulation on one occasion 
      / and then again on many more occasions. In doing so, and for the purposes 
      of this advisory opinion, let us assume the name and license number of a 
      licensed funeral director were used by the non licensed person(s) making 
      the transfer &#8211; thereby falsifying the officials records maintained 
      by the hospital, nursing home, etc. For willfully and intentionally violating 
      the regulations and thereby falsifying official records associated with 
      the passing of a deceased human being on more than one occasion, what could 
      one expect the penalties to be imposed?</p>
    <p>Falsifying a nurse pronouncement form at the nursing home or at the home 
      when a hospice nurse completes the form, and intentionally providing information 
      to the nursing home staff nurse or the hospice staff nurse at the time that 
      is known to be false and in violation of the regulations for the transfer 
      of a deceased human being, would provide very serious consequences, would 
      it not?<br>
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    <p><strong>State Board of Registration of <br>
      Funeral Directors &amp; Embalmers<br>
      September 29, 2005<br>
      Page 2.</strong></p>
    <p>And lastly, if an administrative staff member (with or without the knowledge 
      of the funeral director and/or owner of the funeral home) completed blank 
      portions of a nurse pronouncement form inserting the name and license number 
      of a licensed funeral director as making the transfer of the deceased human 
      being, knowing full well that the licensed funeral director DID NOT MAKE 
      and WAS NOT present for any part of the transfer of the deceased human being, 
      what consequences and sanctions could the administrative staff member as 
      well as the funeral home and funeral director expect to receive assuming 
      the aforementioned circumstances were proven true?</p>
    <p>I thank you in advance for your attention to this request for an <strong>&#8220;Advisory 
      Opinion&#8221;</strong>, and I anxiously await your response.</p>
    <p>Respectfully,</p>
    <p>Philip G. Haddad, Jr.<br>
      9 Kenwood Avenue<br>
      Worcester, MA 01605-1321</p>
    <p>c.c. Daniel Flynn, Esq.<br>
      Michael Angelini, Esq.</p>
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    <p><strong>Next Update &#8211; scheduled for October 14, 2005<br>
      </strong>Philip G. Haddad, Jr.</p>
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