65-1701. License; application, issuance; registration and display. Every person hereafter desiring to enter the practice of embalming dead human bodies within the state of Kansas shall make a written application to the state board of mortuary arts, upon forms prescribed by such board, for a license to practice the science of embalming. If the board […]
65-1701a. Educational requirements; registration and examination, fees; apprenticeship. (a) Except as otherwise provided by K.S.A. 65-1701b, and amendments thereto, each applicant for a license to practice embalming in this state, in order to be eligible for examination, shall be required to show to the satisfaction of the state board of mortuary arts that: (1) Prior […]
65-1701b. Reciprocal licenses; fees. The state board of mortuary arts may enter into reciprocal relations with the boards of other states in granting licenses to duly licensed embalmers from such states: (a) If the requirements of the state from which the applicant applies are as high as those of the state of Kansas and if […]
65-1702. Embalmer’s license; biennial renewal; fees; notice; suspension and reinstatement; relicensure; rules and regulations; evidence of continuing education required for license renewal; exemption. (a) Every licensed embalmer who desires to continue the practice of embalming shall pay to the secretary of the state board of mortuary arts a renewal fee in the amount fixed by […]
65-1702a. Temporary embalming permits for certain purposes; conditions and limitations. (a) The state board of mortuary arts may issue temporary embalming permits to out-of-state licensed embalmers for teaching purposes involving an approved continuing education program, or in emergency or disaster situations, as deemed necessary by the board. A temporary embalming permit shall be subject to […]
65-1703. Unlicensed persons; unlawful acts; student and apprentice embalmers; definitions. It is unlawful for any person who is not licensed as an embalmer to advertise, practice, offer to practice, or hold oneself out as practicing the science of embalming, either by arterial or cavity treatment, or otherwise, in this state, or to embalm any dead […]
65-1704. Officers of the law. Nothing in this act shall apply to or in any manner interfere with the duties of any officer of the law. History: L. 1907, ch. 387, § 9; R.S. 1923, 65-1704; L. 1941, ch. 297, § 10; June 30.
65-1705. Penalties for violations. Any person who shall advertise, practice or hold oneself out as practicing the science of embalming without having complied with the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a class A nonperson misdemeanor. History: L. 1907, ch. 387, § 10; L. 1909, ch. 225, § 5; R.S. 1923, 65-1705; L. […]
65-1706. Use of bodies by school for teaching embalming. The state board of mortuary arts and schools for teaching embalming shall have extended to them the same privileges as to the use of bodies for dissecting, demonstrating or teaching as those granted in this state to medical colleges. History: L. 1907, ch. 387, § 11; […]
65-1707. Penalty for embalming without permission of coroner, when. It shall be unlawful to embalm a dead human body, when any fact within the knowledge or brought to the attention of the embalmer is sufficient to arouse suspicion of crime in connection with the cause of death of the deceased, until permission of the coroner […]
65-1710. Questions used for examination. The board shall select the examination to be used by applicants for a license. History: L. 1907, ch. 387, § 16; R.S. 1923, 65-1710; L. 1993, ch. 80, § 2; July 1.
65-1711. Record of licenses. The secretary of said board shall keep a record in which shall be entered the names and residences of all persons to whom licenses have been issued hereunder, and the secretary shall record the license number and the date of issuance of each such license. History: L. 1907, ch. 387, § […]
65-1712. Rules and regulations; submission to secretary of health and environment; penalty for violations. The state board of mortuary arts shall from time to time adopt rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this state or of the United States, whereby the performance of the duties of the secretary and the board and […]
65-1713. Funeral director defined; business name. (a) A “funeral director” is a person engaged in or conducting, or holding oneself out as engaged in or conducting, the business of: (1) Preparing dead human bodies, other than by embalming, for disposition; or (2) Meeting with families for the purpose of making at-need funeral arrangements; or (3) […]
65-1713a. Funeral establishment defined; branch establishments; prearranged funeral agreements. (a) A “funeral establishment,” as the term is used herein, is a business premises where a funeral service, visitation or lying in-state of a dead human body is arranged and conducted, or dead human bodies are embalmed or otherwise prepared for a funeral service, visitation, lying […]
65-1713b. Funeral service or interment, who in charge of. Every funeral service or interment, or part thereof, hereafter conducted in this state must be in the actual charge and under the supervision of a Kansas licensed funeral director, or of the duly licensed assistant funeral director: Provided, however, That this shall not prevent a family […]
65-1714. Funeral director’s license; application; qualifications; examination; display of license; special permits. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in, or attempt to engage in, the business of a funeral director, conduct a funeral, or make an interment in this state, except as provided in K.S.A. 65-1713b, and amendments thereto, without a […]
65-1715. Same; examination fee. All persons shall be licensed as funeral directors only after due examination by the state board of mortuary arts and the payment of an examination fee. The examination fee shall be in the amount fixed by the board in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 65-1727 and amendments thereto. The examination […]
65-1716. Biennial renewal fee; notice; suspension of license; reinstatement fee; relicensure; rules and regulations; evidence of continuing education required for license renewal; exemption. (a) The renewal fee for a funeral director’s license shall be in the amount fixed by the state board of mortuary arts in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 65-1727 and amendments […]
65-1717. Assistant funeral director’s license; qualifications; fees; application; registration; suspension or revocation of license; procedure; biennial renewal; rules and regulations. (a) The term “assistant funeral director” as herein used means a person who assists a duly Kansas licensed funeral director in one or more of the principal functions of funeral directing, and is actively engaged […]
