25-15-9-1. Establishment of Board

Sec. 1. The state board of funeral and cemetery service is established. As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31.

25-15-9-10. Cemeteries; Operation; Duties of Board

Sec. 10. The board shall do the following: (1) Determine compliance with IC 23-14 by cemetery owners. (2) Investigate a complaint alleging a violation of IC 23-14. (3) For a violation of IC 23-14 by a cemetery owner, if necessary, take any combination of the following actions: (A) Issue an appropriate order to correct the […]

25-15-9-11. Board Official Action

Sec. 11. An official action of the board is valid only if the action is adopted by a majority of the appointed members. As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.249-2019, SEC.80.

25-15-9-12. Health Officers; Cooperation With Department

Sec. 12. The state department of health and local health officers shall cooperate with the board to enforce the sanitation standards adopted by the board for funeral homes. As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.2-1992, SEC.770.

25-15-9-13. Funeral Service Education Fund

Sec. 13. (a) The funeral service education fund is established for the following purposes: (1) To supplement the funding for a program of inspection administered by the funeral director, consumer, and state department of health members of the board under section 9 of this chapter. (2) To fund educational projects of the funeral director, consumer, […]

25-15-9-14. Fees and Gifts; Collection and Distribution

Sec. 14. The Indiana professional licensing agency shall collect all fees required under this article and gifts received by the board and at the end of each month shall do the following: (1) Report amounts collected to the auditor of state. (2) Transfer amounts collected to the treasurer of state for deposit as follows: (A) […]

25-15-9-15. Salary; Reimbursement of Expenses

Sec. 15. (a) Each member of the board who is not a state employee is entitled to the minimum salary per diem provided by IC 4-10-11-2.1(b). Such a member is also entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses and other expenses actually incurred in connection with the member’s duties, as provided in the state travel policies […]

25-15-9-16. Payment of Expenses

Sec. 16. All expenses incurred in the administration of this article shall be paid from the state general fund. However, expenses approved by the funeral director, consumer, and state department of health members of the board for payment from the funeral service education fund shall be paid from that fund. As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. […]

25-15-9-17. Registration of Cemeteries

Sec. 17. (a) Each cemetery that: (1) qualifies for a certificate of authority as a seller under IC 30-2-13; or (2) is subject to IC 23-14-48; must register with the board. (b) The cemetery, consumer, and state department of health members of the board shall impose a registration fee for each geographic location of a […]

25-15-9-18. Priority Among Persons as to Authority to Determine Final Disposition of Human Remains and Make Other Arrangements; Persons Who May Not Make Determination; Disputes

Sec. 18. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the following persons, in the order of priority indicated, have the authority to designate the manner, type, and selection of the final disposition of human remains, to make arrangements for funeral services, and to make other ceremonial arrangements after an individual’s death: (1) A person: (A) […]

25-15-9-19. Effect of Signing Final Disposition Authorization; Liability

Sec. 19. (a) An individual who signs an authorization for the cremation, interment, entombment, or inurnment of human remains: (1) is considered to warrant the truthfulness of: (A) any fact set forth in the authorization; (B) the identity of the person for whose remains cremation, interment, entombment, or inurnment is sought; and (C) the individual’s […]

25-15-9-2. Members; Chairman

Sec. 2. (a) The board consists of five (5) members as follows: (1) Four (4) members appointed by the governor. (2) Subject to IC 25-1-6.5-3, one (1) member who must: (A) be a resident of Indiana; and (B) not be associated with the practice of funeral service or cemetery operation other than as a consumer. […]

25-15-9-3. Funeral Directors; Members

Sec. 3. Subject to IC 25-1-6.5-3, two (2) of the board’s appointed members must be licensed funeral directors, in good standing, without any association with a school of mortuary science other than as a preceptor or supervisor of a funeral service intern. As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.249-2019, SEC.73.

25-15-9-4. Cemetery Owners or Managers; Members

Sec. 4. Subject to IC 25-1-6.5-3, two (2) of the board’s appointed members must be active in the cemetery industry in Indiana, either as an owner or a manager of an operating cemetery property. As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.249-2019, SEC.74.

25-15-9-5. Repealed

As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Repealed by P.L.249-2019, SEC.75.

25-15-9-6. Party Affiliation; Members

Sec. 6. Not more than three (3) of the board’s appointed members may be affiliated with the same political party. As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.249-2019, SEC.76.

25-15-9-7. Repealed

As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.194-2005, SEC.58; P.L.14-2018, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.249-2019, SEC.77.

25-15-9-8. Sale and Payment of Funeral or Burial Expenses; Duties of Board

Sec. 8. The board shall do the following: (1) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to do the following: (A) Establish standards for the sale and payment of funeral or burial services or merchandise in advance of need. (B) Establish the terms of contracts authorized under IC 30-2-13. (C) Implement IC 30-2-13. (D) Implement IC 23-14-48.5. […]

25-15-9-9. Funeral Homes; Standards for Operation; Duties of Board

Sec. 9. The board shall do the following: (1) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to do the following: (A) Establish standards for the competent practice of funeral service. (B) Establish sanitation standards for the construction and equipping of funeral homes. (C) Establish standards for the operation of funeral homes. (D) Set fees under IC 25-1-8. […]