497.365 Licensure; inactive and delinquent status.— (1) This section shall apply only to licenses issued under this part. A licensee may practice a profession or occupation regulated under this part only if the licensee has an active status license. A licensee who practices a profession without an active status license is in violation of this chapter, and […]
497.366 Licensure; renewal and cancellation notices.— (1) At least 90 days before the end of a licensure cycle, the licensing authority shall: (a) Forward a licensure renewal notification to an active or inactive licensee at the licensee’s last known address of record with the licensing authority. (b) Forward a notice of pending cancellation of licensure to a delinquent status […]
497.368 Embalmers; licensure as an embalmer by examination; provisional license.— (1) Any person desiring to be licensed as an embalmer shall apply to the licensing authority to take the licensure examination. The licensing authority shall examine each applicant who has remitted an examination fee set by rule of the licensing authority not to exceed $200 plus the […]
497.369 Embalmers; licensure as an embalmer by endorsement; licensure of a temporary embalmer.— (1) The licensing authority shall issue a license by endorsement to practice embalming to an applicant who has remitted an examination fee set by rule of the licensing authority not to exceed $200 and who the licensing authority certifies: (a) Has completed the application form […]
497.370 Embalmers; licensure of an embalmer intern.— (1)(a) Any person desiring to become an embalmer intern shall make application to the licensing authority on forms specified by rule, together with a nonrefundable fee determined by rule of the licensing authority but not to exceed $200. (b) A member of the United States Armed Forces, such member’s spouse, and […]
497.371 Embalmers; establishment of embalmer apprentice program.— (1) The licensing authority adopts rules establishing an embalmer apprentice program. An embalmer apprentice may perform only those tasks, functions, and duties relating to embalming which are performed under the direct supervision of an embalmer who has an active, valid license under s. 497.368 or s. 497.369. An embalmer apprentice […]
497.372 Funeral directing; conduct constituting practice of funeral directing.— (1) The practice of funeral directing shall be construed to consist of the following functions, which may be performed only by a licensed funeral director: (a) Selling or offering to sell funeral services, embalming, cremation, or other services relating to the final disposition of human remains, including the removal […]
497.373 Funeral directing; licensure as a funeral director by examination; provisional license.— (1) Any person desiring to be licensed as a funeral director shall apply to the licensing authority to take the licensure examination. The licensing authority shall examine each applicant who has remitted an examination fee set by rule of the licensing authority not to exceed […]
497.374 Funeral directing; licensure as a funeral director by endorsement; licensure of a temporary funeral director.— (1) The licensing authority shall issue a license by endorsement to practice funeral directing to an applicant who has remitted a fee set by rule of the licensing authority not to exceed $200 and who: (a) Has completed the application form and […]
497.375 Funeral directing; licensure of a funeral director intern.— (1)(a) Any person desiring to become a funeral director intern must apply to the licensing authority on forms prescribed by rule of the licensing authority, together with a nonrefundable fee set by rule of the licensing authority not to exceed $200. A member of the United States Armed […]
497.376 License as funeral director and embalmer permitted.— (1) This chapter does not prohibit a person from holding a license as an embalmer and a license as a funeral director at the same time. There may be issued and renewed by the licensing authority a combination license as both funeral director and embalmer to persons meeting the […]
497.377 Combination funeral director and embalmer internships.— (1) The internship requirements for a combination license as both funeral director and embalmer may be served concurrently pursuant to rules adopted by the licensing authority. (2)(a) An applicant who has not completed the educational credentials required for a combination license as both funeral director and embalmer is eligible for licensure […]
497.378 Renewal of funeral director and embalmer licenses.— (1) The licensing authority shall renew a funeral director or embalmer license upon receipt of the renewal application and fee set by the licensing authority, not to exceed $500. The licensing authority may adopt rules for the renewal of a funeral director or embalmer license. The rules may require […]
497.379 Inactive status.— (1) A funeral director or embalmer license that has become inactive may be reactivated under s. 497.378 upon application to the licensing authority. The licensing authority shall prescribe by rule continuing education requirements as a condition of reactivating a license. The continuing education requirements for reactivating a license may not exceed 12 classroom hours, […]
497.380 Funeral establishment; licensure; display of license.— (1) A funeral establishment shall be a place at a specific street address or location consisting of at least 1,250 contiguous interior square feet and shall maintain or make arrangements for capacity for the refrigeration and storage of dead human bodies handled and stored by the establishment and a preparation […]
497.381 Solicitation of goods or services.— (1) The licensing authority shall regulate such solicitation to protect the public from solicitation which is intimidating, overreaching, fraudulent, or misleading; which utilizes undue influence; or which takes undue advantage of a person’s ignorance or emotional vulnerability. (2) The licensing authority shall regulate such solicitation which comprises an uninvited invasion of personal […]
497.382 Reports of cases embalmed and bodies handled.— (1) Each funeral establishment, direct disposal establishment, cinerator facility, and centralized embalming facility shall record monthly on a form prescribed and furnished by the licensing authority the name of the deceased and such other information as may be required by rule with respect to each dead human body embalmed […]
497.383 Additional rights of legally authorized persons.— (1) In addition to any other common law or statutory rights a legally authorized person may otherwise have, that person may authorize a funeral director or direct disposer licensed under this chapter to lawfully dispose of fetal remains in circumstances when a fetal death certificate is not issued under chapter […]
497.384 Disinterment; transportation; authorization and notification.— (1) The disinterment and reinterment of human remains shall require the physical presence of a licensed funeral director, unless the reinterment is to be made in the same cemetery. (2) In order to ensure that any disinterment or transportation of a dead human body is conducted in a manner that properly protects […]
497.385 Removal services; refrigeration facilities; centralized embalming facilities.—In order to ensure that the removal, refrigeration, and embalming of all dead human bodies is conducted in a manner that properly protects the public’s health and safety, the licensing authority shall adopt rules to provide for the licensure of removal services, refrigeration facilities, and centralized embalming facilities operated […]
