497.162 – Health and safety education.
497.162 Health and safety education.—All individuals not licensed under this chapter who intend to be employed as operational personnel affiliated with a direct disposal establishment, cinerator facility, removal service, refrigeration facility, or centralized embalming facility who have direct contact with human remains on behalf of a funeral establishment, direct disposal establishment, or cinerator facility shall complete […]
497.163 – Restriction on requirement of citizenship.
497.163 Restriction on requirement of citizenship.—No person shall be disqualified from practicing an occupation or profession regulated by this chapter solely because she or he is not a United States citizen. History.—s. 33, ch. 2004-301.
497.164 – Solicitation of goods or services.
497.164 Solicitation of goods or services.— (1) The board is authorized to adopt rules regulating the solicitation of sales of burial rights, merchandise, or services by licensees. (2) The board 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 […]
497.165 – Liability of owners, directors, and officers regarding trust funds.
497.165 Liability of owners, directors, and officers regarding trust funds.—The owners, officers, and directors of any licensee under this chapter may be held jointly and severally liable for any deficiency in any trust fund required by this chapter, to the extent the deficiency arose during the period they were owners, officers, or directors of the licensee, […]
497.166 – Preneed sales.
497.166 Preneed sales.— (1) Regulation of preneed sales shall be as set forth in part IV of this chapter. No person may act as an agent for a preneed licensee with respect to preneed contracts unless such person is licensed as a preneed sales agent pursuant to part IV of this chapter or is a licensed funeral […]
497.167 – Administrative matters.
497.167 Administrative matters.— (1) The department shall establish and operate a toll-free telephone hotline to receive complaints and provide information relating to the regulation under this chapter. (2) The director of the division shall serve as executive director of the board. The director is the agency head of the division. The director shall be appointed by and serve […]
497.168 – Members of Armed Forces in good standing with administrative boards.
497.168 Members of Armed Forces in good standing with administrative boards.— (1) Any reserve member of the Armed Forces of the United States, and any member of any element of the National Guard, now or hereafter called to active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States for a continuous period of 30 or more days, […]
497.169 – Private actions; actions on behalf of consumers; attorney’s fee.
497.169 Private actions; actions on behalf of consumers; attorney’s fee.— (1) The Attorney General, or the department on behalf of Florida residents, or any person may bring a civil action against a person or company violating the provisions of this chapter in the appropriate court of the county in which the alleged violator resides or has her […]
497.170 – Unauthorized arrangements.
497.170 Unauthorized arrangements.— (1) Any arrangement to provide merchandise or services as defined in this chapter, by which payment for such merchandise or services is to be paid for through a financial arrangement, other than as authorized pursuant to this chapter, in which the provider of the merchandise or services is a beneficiary, party, agent, or owner […]
497.171 – Identification of human remains.
497.171 Identification of human remains.— (1) PRIOR TO FINAL DISPOSITION.— (a) This subsection shall apply to licensees under parts III and VI. (b) The licensee in charge of the final disposition of dead human remains shall, prior to final disposition of such dead human remains, affix to the ankle or wrist of the deceased, and on the casket, alternative […]