497.450 – Preneed sales; chapter exclusive; applicability of other laws.
497.450 Preneed sales; chapter exclusive; applicability of other laws.—Except as provided in this chapter, preneed funeral merchandise or service contract businesses and preneed burial merchandise or service contract businesses shall be governed by this chapter and shall be exempt from all provisions of the Florida Insurance Code. History.—ss. 21, 52, ch. 85-321; ss. 90, 122, ch. […]
497.451 – Insurance business not authorized.
497.451 Insurance business not authorized.—Nothing in the Florida Insurance Code or this chapter shall be deemed to authorize any preneed funeral merchandise or service contract business or any preneed burial merchandise or service business to transact any insurance business, other than that of preneed funeral merchandise or service insurance or preneed burial merchandise or service insurance, […]
497.452 – Preneed license required.
497.452 Preneed license required.— (1)(a) No person, including any cemetery exempt under s. 497.260, may sell, advertise to sell, or make an arrangement for a preneed contract without first having a valid preneed license. (b) No person, including any cemetery exempt under s. 497.260, may sell, advertise to sell, or make an arrangement for services, merchandise, or burial […]
497.453 – Application for preneed license, procedures and criteria; renewal; reports.
497.453 Application for preneed license, procedures and criteria; renewal; reports.— (1) PRENEED LICENSE APPLICATION PROCEDURES.— (a) A person seeking a license to enter into preneed contracts shall apply for such licensure using forms prescribed by rule. (b) The application shall require the name, business address, residence address, date and place of birth or incorporation, and business phone number of […]
497.454 – Approval of preneed contract and related forms.
497.454 Approval of preneed contract and related forms.— (1) Preneed contract forms and related forms shall be filed with and approved by the licensing authority before use, pursuant to procedures specified by rule. The licensing authority may not approve any electronic or paper preneed contract that does not provide for sequential prenumbering thereon. (2) A form filed for […]
497.382 – Reports of cases embalmed and bodies handled.
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 […]
497.455 – Nonconforming contracts.
497.455 Nonconforming contracts.—Any preneed contract that requires the moneys paid to the seller or trustee to be placed in trust and fails to comply with s. 497.458 shall comply with and be construed under s. 497.464. History.—ss. 6, 17, ch. 88-139; ss. 95, 122, ch. 93-399; s. 104, ch. 2004-301. Note.—Former s. 639.107; s. 497.411.
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 […]
497.4555 – Charges for preneed contract.
497.4555 Charges for preneed contract.—A preneed licensee may charge the purchaser of a preneed contract for processing, filing, and archiving the contract and for performing other administrative duties related to the contract. A preneed licensee must disclose these charges to the purchaser and include them on its standard printed price lists and other disclosure information provided […]
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 […]