(1) The fees that may be charged under this chapter are:
(a) A fee covering requests for applications for a funeral establishment license, an immediate disposition company license, a certificate of authority for a cemetery, a certificate of authority for a crematorium, registration as a funeral service practitioner apprentice, registration as an embalmer apprentice, a certificate of removal registration, a license as a reciprocal funeral service practitioner or a license as a reciprocal embalmer. The application fee shall be accompanied by an additional fee for each principal of a funeral establishment, immediate disposition company, cemetery or crematorium.
(b) A fee covering the renewal of a license for a funeral establishment, a license for an immediate disposition company or a certificate of authority for a crematorium.
(c) A fee covering the renewal of a funeral service practitioner license or an embalmer license.
(d) A fee for renewal of a combination funeral service practitioner and embalmer license.
(e) A fee for renewal of the registration of a funeral service practitioner apprentice or an embalmer apprentice.
(f) An examination fee for a funeral service practitioner license or an embalmer license.
(g) A fee covering the renewal of a certificate of authority for a cemetery.
(h) A fee covering the reinstatement of a lapsed license or certificate of authority.
(i) A fee for reissuing a license, registration or certificate of authority as provided in ORS 692.148.
(j) Fees for copying any public record maintained by the State Mortuary and Cemetery Board, for documents distributed by the board and postage for mailing any copies or documents.
(2) All licenses granted under this chapter to funeral service practitioners and embalmers shall expire on January 1 in even-numbered years or on such date as may be specified by rule of the State Mortuary and Cemetery Board. All licenses or certificates of authority granted under this chapter to operators of funeral establishments, to operators of immediate disposition companies, to operators of cemeteries or to operators of crematoriums shall expire on January 1 in odd-numbered years or on such date as may be specified by board rule.
(3) The board shall mail to each licensed funeral service practitioner, to each licensed embalmer, to each licensed operator of a funeral establishment or immediate disposition company and to each cemetery and crematorium holding a certificate of authority under ORS 692.275, addressed to the licensee or certificate holder at the licensee’s or certificate holder’s last-known address, a notice that the renewal fee is due and payable and that if the fee is not paid by the renewal date the license or certificate of authority shall lapse. The notice shall be mailed to each licensed funeral service practitioner and to each licensed embalmer at least 60 days before the license expires. The notice shall be mailed to each licensed operator of a funeral establishment or immediate disposition company and to each cemetery and crematorium holding a certificate of authority under ORS 692.275 at least 60 days before the license or certificate of authority expires. The board may impose continuing education requirements as a prerequisite for relicensure.
(4) Subject to prior approval of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services and a report to the Emergency Board prior to adopting the fees and charges, the fees and charges established under this section shall not exceed the cost of administering the regulatory program of the State Mortuary and Cemetery Board pertaining to the purpose for which the fee or charge is established, as authorized by the Legislative Assembly within the board’s budget, as the budget may be modified by the Emergency Board. [Amended by 1957 c.596 §11; 1971 c.115 §9; 1973 c.411 §5; 1977 c.873 §11; 1979 c.36 §1; 1981 c.719 §5; 1983 c.290 §1; 1985 c.207 §11; 1989 c.177 §7; 1991 c.703 §35; 1993 c.248 §1; 1993 c.308 §1; 1997 c.638 §8; 1999 c.724 §9; 2007 c.768 §53]
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