36-19-1. Definition of terms. Terms used in this chapter mean: (1)”Board,” the Board of Funeral Service; (1A)”Branch chapel,” a separate facility with a visitation room or chapel where no embalming is permitted that is owned by, a subsidiary of, or otherwise financially connected to or controlled by a licensed funeral establishment; (2)”Embalmer,” any person engaged […]
36-19-10. Seal of board. The State Board of Funeral Service shall be authorized to adopt and use a common seal. Source: SDC 1939, §27.1403; SL 1939, ch 102, §3; SL 1945, ch 109; SL 1947, ch 124; SL 1963, ch 154, §2; revised pursuant to SL 1972, ch 15, §3.
36-19-11. Fees paid to treasurer–Use of fees. All fees collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid to the treasurer of the State Board of Funeral Service, to be used for the purpose of defraying its necessary salaries and expenses. Source: SDC 1939, §27.1405; SL 1963, ch 154, §2.
36-19-12. General duties of board with respect to licenses. It shall be the duty of the State Board of Funeral Service to examine applicants for licenses as provided by this chapter; to keep all necessary records; receive registrations of trainees in funeral service; to control and issue reciprocal licenses and renewals of all other licenses […]
36-19-13. Qualifications of inspector employed by board. No person shall be employed as an inspector by the State Board of Funeral Service unless such person has been licensed in this state as an embalmer and funeral director, and has practiced funeral service, for at least five years prior to his appointment. Source: SL 1963, ch […]
36-19-14. License required to embalm, practice funeral service or maintain establishment. No person shall embalm any dead human body or practice embalming, or direct or supervise funerals, practice funeral service, or maintain a funeral establishment in the State of South Dakota, without being licensed by the State Board of Funeral Service. Source: SDC 1939, §27.1401; […]
36-19-17. License issued to previously licensed funeral director. Every funeral director who, on July 1, 1963, held a license which had been duly issued under the laws of this state, is entitled to have his license renewed annually upon payment of renewal fees of not to exceed fifty dollars set by the State Board of […]
36-19-18. Licenses issued to funeral service trainees. The State Board of Funeral Service shall provide for registration of trainees for license to practice funeral service. Trainees shall at all times remain registered with the board and shall pay an initial registration fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars set by the State Board of Funeral Service, […]
36-19-2. State Board of Funeral Service–Terms and qualifications of members–Vacancies. The State Board of Funeral Service shall include the five professional members who shall be licensed to practice funeral service. The Governor shall appoint the professional members of the board. However, no person may be appointed as a professional member of the board who has […]
36-19-20. Application for license to practice funeral service–Examination. Any person desiring to obtain a license to practice funeral service under this chapter shall make application to the State Board of Funeral Service. The application shall contain such information as the board may require and be upon a form prepared by the board. Upon receipt of […]
36-19-21. Requirements for funeral service license–Scope of examination. In order to obtain a license in the practice of funeral service, the applicant shall submit evidence that the applicant is a citizen of the United States or a resident of South Dakota; is at least eighteen years of age; is of good moral character; has sixty […]
36-19-22. Time and place of examination–Minimum grade–Preservation of papers. The examination required by §36-19-21 shall be held at such times and places as the examining board shall deem most convenient for the applicants for examination, and, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Board of Funeral Service. Examination shall be in writing […]
36-19-23. National board certificate accepted in lieu of examination. If an applicant for a license to practice funeral service has satisfactorily passed the national board examination given by the Conference of Funeral Service Examining Board of the United States, Incorporated, and is so certified to the State Board of Funeral Service by said Conference of […]
36-19-24. Licensing of licensee from another state. Any holder of a license issued by the state authority in any other state maintaining a system and standard of examination for license to engage in the practice of funeral service, which in the judgment of the State Board of Funeral Service, is substantially the equivalent to that […]
36-19-25. Fees for issuance and renewal of funeral service license. A license to practice funeral service shall be issued and is renewable annually upon payment of a fee not to exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars set by the State Board of Funeral Service, by rule promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26. Source: SDC 1939, §27.1407; SL […]
36-19-25.1. Validation of receipt of prior initial license fees–vested rights. The receipt of fees for initial licenses issued by the Board of Funeral Service is validated and is of the same force and effect as if the board had authority to set and collect such fees. If a person has a vested right in any […]
36-19-27. Application for funeral establishment license–Fee–Licensee in charge. An application for a license to operate a funeral establishment shall be submitted for each location and shall be in writing on a form provided by the State Board of Funeral Service and shall be accompanied by a fee not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars set […]
36-19-28. Sanitation, ventilation, and equipment required for funeral establishment. No establishment shall be classified as a funeral establishment unless it has a preparation room equipped with a sanitary floor of tile or linoleum, a table with sanitary top, suitable drainage and ventilation, and containing necessary instruments and supplies for the preparation and embalming of dead […]
36-19-3. Districts represented by board members. For the purpose of this chapter this state is hereby divided into five districts, and one professional member of the State Board of Funeral Service shall be appointed as provided in §36-19-2 from each of the said districts. The first district shall consist of the following counties: Moody, Lake, […]
36-19-30. Funeral establishment managed by licensed individual. Every funeral establishment shall be managed and conducted by a person licensed to practice funeral service, or who is a licensed funeral director. Source: SL 1963, ch 154, §4.
