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Section 7615.

7615. A funeral director is a person engaged in or conducting, or holding himself or herself out as engaged in any of the following: (a) Preparing for the transportation or burial or disposal, or directing and supervising for transportation or burial or disposal of human remains. (b) Maintaining an establishment for the preparation for the transportation or […]

Section 7616.

7616. (a) A licensed funeral establishment is a place of business conducted in a building or separate portion of a building having a specific street address or location and devoted exclusively to those activities as are incident, convenient, or related to the preparation and arrangements, financial and otherwise, for the funeral, transportation, burial or other disposition […]

Section 7616.2.

7616.2. A licensed funeral establishment shall at all times employ a licensed funeral director to manage, direct, or control its business or profession. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, licensed funeral establishments within close geographical proximity of each other, may request the bureau to allow a licensed funeral director to manage, direct, or control […]

Section 7617.

7617. The business of a licensed funeral establishment shall be conducted and engaged in at a fixed place or facility. No person, partnership, association, corporation, or other organization shall open or maintain a place or establishment at which to engage in or conduct, or hold himself or herself or itself out as engaging in or […]

Section 7617.1.

7617.1. The applicant for a funeral establishment license, or in the case the applicant is an association, partnership, or corporation, all officers of the corporation or association or all general partners of the partnership shall be at least 18 years of age and shall not have committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of […]

Section 7618.

7618. An application for a funeral director’s license shall be written on a form provided by the bureau, verified by the applicant, accompanied by the fee fixed by this chapter and filed at its Sacramento office. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 568, Sec. 104. Effective January 1, 2001.)

Section 7619.

7619. The applicant for a funeral director’s license shall be at least 18 years of age, possess an associate of arts or science degree, or the equivalent, or a higher level of education as recognized by the Western Association of Colleges and Universities, or any other nationally recognized accrediting body of colleges and universities, and […]

Section 7619.3.

7619.3. No licensed funeral director shall engage in or conduct, or hold himself or herself out as engaging in or conducting, the activities of a funeral director without being employed by, or without being a sole proprietor of, a licensed funeral establishment. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1151, Sec. 7.5. Effective January 1, 1997.)

Section 7622.

7622. Before an individual is granted a funeral director’s license, he or she shall successfully pass an examination upon the following subjects: (a) The signs of death. (b) The manner by which death may be determined. (c) The laws governing the preparation, burial and disposal of human remains, and the shipment of bodies dying from infectious or contagious […]

Section 7622.2.

7622.2. A person shall not open or maintain a place or establishment at which to engage in or conduct, or hold himself, herself, or itself out as engaging in or conducting, the activities of a funeral director without a license. (Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 17. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)

Section 7622.5.

7622.5. An applicant for examination under Section 7622 shall pay the funeral director’s examination fee fixed by this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1338.)

Section 7623.

7623. If an applicant for a funeral establishment license proposes to engage in or conduct more than one funeral establishment, the applicant shall make a separate application and procure a separate license for each separate establishment. (Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 305, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)

Section 7624.

7624. Not more than one person, partnership, association, corporation, or other organization engaged in business as a funeral establishment shall transact business in one specific funeral facility. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1151, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 1997.)

Section 7625.

7625. Upon receipt of an application for a license, the bureau shall cause an investigation to be made of the physical status or plans and specifications of the proposed funeral establishment, and of the other qualifications required of the applicant under this chapter, and for this purpose may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and take testimony. […]

Section 7626.

7626. The bureau shall examine and pass upon the qualifications of the applicant as to ability and experience before passing upon the physical status or plans and specifications of the proposed funeral establishment. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 568, Sec. 108. Effective January 1, 2001.)

Section 7626.5.

7626.5. Where a hearing is held to determine whether an application for a license should be granted, the proceeding shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the bureau shall have all of the powers granted therein. (Amended by Stats. 2000, […]

Section 7627.

7627. Every application for a funeral director’s license under this article shall be granted or refused within ninety days from the date of the filing of the application or within thirty days after the close of the hearing upon the application, in case a hearing is held. (Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 39.)

Section 7628.

7628. Any person, partnership, association, corporation, or other organization desiring to change the location of a licensed funeral establishment shall apply therefor on forms furnished by the bureau and shall include a fee fixed by this chapter. The application shall be granted by the bureau upon the filing with the bureau of a favorable report […]

Section 7629.

7629. No funeral establishment shall be conducted or held forth as being conducted or advertised as being conducted under any name which might tend to mislead the public or which would be sufficiently like the name of any other licensed funeral establishment so as to constitute an unfair method of competition. Any funeral director desiring […]

Section 7630.

7630. (a) A funeral establishment’s license may be assigned upon payment of the fee fixed by this chapter, the filing of a completed application, and upon submission of an audit report prepared and signed by an independent certified public accountant or public accountant currently licensed in this state. The audit report shall include an unqualified opinion […]