Statutes and Rules | Funeral Directors & Embalmers

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Title 32 - Professions and Occupations

Chapter 12 - Funeral Directors and Embalmers

Article 1 Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, Statutes and Rules
Title	Description
32-1301	Definitions
32-1302	State board of funeral directors and embalmers; members; appointment; term; qualifications; oath; compensation
32-1303	Board officers
32-1304	Board meetings
32-1305	Executive director; compensation; duties
32-1306	Attorney general to represent and advise board; actions to recover civil penalties
32-1307	Powers and duties of board
32-1308	Board of funeral directors' and embalmers' fund
32-1309	Fees
32-1310	Confidentiality
32-1311	Immunity

Article 2 Licensing and Registration, Statutes and Rules
Title	Description
32-1321	License or registration requirement; persons not required to be licensed or registered; nontransferability; display
32-1322	Interns, embalmers and funeral directors; qualifications for licensure
32-1323	Interns, embalmers and funeral directors; application for licensure
32-1324	Intern trainee; requirements; temporary employment by funeral establishment
32-1325	Assistant funeral directors; licensure as funeral directors
32-1325.01	Embalmer's assistants; qualifications; application for registration
32-1326	Embalmers and funeral directors; temporary licenses
32-1327	State equivalent examination; national board examination
32-1328	State laws and rules examination
32-1329	Reexamination
32-1330	Annual intern or embalmer's assistant report
32-1331	Renewal of licenses and registration; reinstatement of registration
32-1333	Notice of change in employment
32-1334	Inactive status
32-1335	Out of state licensees
32-1336	Board recognition; colleges of funeral service education or mortuary science
32-1337	Embalming by students enrolled in colleges of mortuary science; requirements
32-1338	Continuing education
32-1339	Fingerprinting of applicants; background checks

Article 2.1 Alkaline Hydrolysis, Statutes and Rules
Title	Description
32-1341	Alkaline hydrolysis facilities; license required
32-1342	Alkaline hydrolysis facilities; requirements
32-1343	Alkaline hydrolysis operators; licensure; application; qualifications; fingerprinting; renewal
32-1344	Alkaline hydrolysis facilities; licensure requirements; application; renewal
32-1345	Display of license
32-1346	Alkaline hydrolysis facilities; nontransferability of license; interim permits; confidentiality; definition
32-1347	Change of name or location

Article 3 Regulation and Enforcement, Statutes and Rules
Title	Description
32-1361	Prohibition of embalming by certain persons; certification of embalming
32-1362	Enucleation of eyes by licensed embalmers
32-1363	Use of funeral director title; unlawful use
32-1364	Crimes against the dead; classification
32-1365	Violations; classification
32-1365.01	Cremation or other lawful disposition of a dead human body; authorization document; immunity
32-1365.02	Authorizing agents; consent for cremation, disinterment or embalming
32-1366	Grounds for disciplinary action
32-1367	Investigations; initial review; disciplinary proceedings; civil penalty; letters of concern; rehearings
32-1368	Administrative costs
32-1369	Cease and desist orders; injunctive relief

Article 3.1 Funeral Practices, Statutes and Rules
Title	Description
32-1371	List of prices of funeral goods and services offered
32-1372	Display of merchandise prices
32-1373	Statement of funeral goods and services
32-1373	Statement of funeral goods and services
32-1374	Price list requirement; exemption
32-1375	Price lists; telephone information
32-1376	Consumer information pamphlet
32-1377	Rules; relation to federal trade commission regulations

Article 4 Licensing and Regulation of Funeral Establishments, Statutes and Rules
Title	Description
32-1381	License requirement
32-1382	Funeral establishment requirements; responsible funeral director
32-1383	Application; qualifications for licensure
32-1384	Multiple funeral director license
32-1385	Retention of records
32-1386	Renewal of funeral establishment licenses
32-1387	Display of license
32-1388	Nontransferability of funeral establishment licenses; change of ownership; interim permits; definition
32-1389	Funeral establishments; change of name
32-1390	Funeral establishments; change of location
32-1390.01	Funeral establishments; disciplinary action; civil penalty
32-1390.02	Funeral establishments; disciplinary proceedings; notice

Article 5 Prearranged Funeral Agreements, Statutes and Rules
Title	Description
32-1391.01	Powers and duties of board
32-1391.02	Prearranged funeral agreements; restrictions on sales
32-1391.03	Department of financial institutions powers and duties; prearranged funeral trust accounts
32-1391.04	Prearranged funeral trust accounts; books and records; inspection and examination
32-1391.05	Prearranged funeral agreements funded by trusts
32-1391.06	Service fees; prearranged funeral agreements funded by trust
32-1391.07	Cancellation; prearranged funeral agreements funded by trust
32-1391.08	Prearranged funeral agreements funded by trust; death of beneficiary
32-1391.09	Prearranged funeral agreements funded by trust; consumer disclosures
32-1391.10	Waiver of purchaser rights
32-1391.11	Prearranged funeral agreements funded by trust; sales; restrictions
32-1391.12	Prearranged funeral sales endorsement; requirements; renewal
32-1391.13	Grounds for denial or refusal to renew funeral establishment sales endorsement or disciplinary action
32-1391.14	Prearranged funeral salespersons; registration requirements; renewal; exemption
32-1391.15	Grounds for denial or refusal to renew prearranged funeral salesperson registration or disciplinary action
32-1391.16	Annual trust report
32-1391.17	Exemptions
32-1391.18	Violation; classification; penalties and remedies

Article 6 Cremation, Statutes and Rules
Title	Description
32-1393	License requirement
32-1394	Crematory requirements; responsible cremationist
32-1394.01	Application; qualifications for cremationist licensure
32-1394.02	Renewal of cremationist licenses
32-1395	Application; qualifications for licensure
32-1396	Renewal of crematory licenses
32-1396.01	Display of license
32-1397	Nontransferability of crematory licenses; change of ownership; interim permit; definition
32-1397.01	Crematories; change of name
32-1397.02	Crematories; change of location
32-1398	Crematories; disciplinary action; acts of crematory
32-1398.01	Crematories; disciplinary proceedings
32-1399	Crematories; standards of practice

Article 2 Burial Responsibility, Chapter 7 DISPOSITION OF HUMAN BODIES, Statutes and Rules
Title	Description
36-831	Burial duties; notification requirements; failure to perform duty; definitions