497.383 – Additional rights of legally authorized persons.
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.
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.
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 […]
497.386 – Storage, preservation, and transportation of human remains.
497.386 Storage, preservation, and transportation of human remains.— (1) A person may not store or maintain human remains at any establishment or facility except an establishment or facility licensed under this chapter or a health care facility, medical examiner’s facility, morgue, or cemetery holding facility. (2) A dead human body may not be held in any place or […]
497.387 – Unlawful to remove or embalm body without consent of proper official when crime is suspected.
497.387 Unlawful to remove or embalm body without consent of proper official when crime is suspected.—It is unlawful for a licensee under this chapter to remove or embalm a dead human body when she or he has information indicating crime or violence of any sort in connection with the cause of death until permission of the […]
497.389 – Funeral establishments; cash advance accounts; escrow refund accounts.
497.389 Funeral establishments; cash advance accounts; escrow refund accounts.— (1) Funeral establishments may elect to maintain special, segregated bank accounts to be used in conjunction with making cash advances to vendors. The money in such accounts may be used by the funeral establishments to pay third-party vendors when such amounts must be paid before the funeral establishment […]
497.390 – Reciprocity.
497.390 Reciprocity.—In order to ensure that funeral directors, embalmers, and direct disposers who are licensed in this state may be considered for licensure or registration in other jurisdictions, the licensing authority may enter into reciprocity agreements with other jurisdictions. History.—ss. 1, 5, ch. 79-231; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 1, ch. 89-8; ss. 33, 122, […]
497.391 – Exceptions.
497.391 Exceptions.— (1) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to limit the sale of caskets, alternative containers, outer burial containers, or funeral merchandise by any person on an at-need basis. (2) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to override the written instructions or wishes of the deceased as to how her or his body is to […]
497.392 – Branch chapels.
497.392 Branch chapels.—Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 497.380, any licensed establishment operating a branch chapel on June 30, 1979, in accordance with the law then in effect, as determined by the licensing authority, may continue to operate such branch chapel for the sole and exclusive purpose of providing and holding funeral services. History.—ss. 3, 4, ch. […]
497.393 – Licensure; military-issued credentials for licensure.
497.393 Licensure; military-issued credentials for licensure.—The licensing authority shall recognize military-issued credentials relating to funeral and cemetery services for purposes of licensure as a funeral director or embalmer. A member of the United States Armed Forces and a veteran of the United States Armed Forces seeking licensure as a funeral director or embalmer under this section […]