Florida Statutes Part III - Funeral Directing, Embalming, And Related Services (Ss. 497.365-497.392)
- 497.365 - Licensure; Inactive And Delinquent Status.
(1) This section shall apply only to licenses issued under this part. A licensee may practice a profession or occupation regulated under this part only if...
- 497.366 - Licensure; Renewal And Cancellation Notices.
(1) At least 90 days before the end of a licensure cycle, the licensing authority shall:(a) Forward a licensure renewal notification to an active or inactive licensee...
- 497.368 - Embalmers; Licensure As An Embalmer By Examination; Provisional License.
(1) Any person desiring to be licensed as an embalmer shall apply to the licensing authority to take the licensure examination. The licensing authority shall examine...
- 497.369 - Embalmers; Licensure As An Embalmer By Endorsement; Licensure Of A Temporary Embalmer.
(1) The licensing authority shall issue a license by endorsement to practice embalming to an applicant who has remitted an examination fee set by rule of...
- 497.370 - Embalmers; Licensure Of An Embalmer Intern.
(1) Any person desiring to become an embalmer intern shall make application to the licensing authority on forms specified by rule, together with a nonrefundable fee...
- 497.371 - Embalmers; Establishment Of Embalmer Apprentice Program.
The licensing authority adopts rules establishing an embalmer apprentice program. An embalmer apprentice may perform only those tasks, functions, and duties relating to embalming which...
- 497.372 - Funeral Directing; Conduct Constituting Practice Of Funeral Directing.
(1) The practice of funeral directing shall be construed to consist of the following functions, which may be performed only by a licensed funeral director:(a) Selling or...
- 497.373 - Funeral Directing; Licensure As A Funeral Director By Examination; Provisional License.
(1) Any person desiring to be licensed as a funeral director shall apply to the licensing authority to take the licensure examination. The licensing authority shall...
- 497.374 - Funeral Directing; Licensure As A Funeral Director By Endorsement; Licensure Of A Temporary Funeral Director.
(1) The licensing authority shall issue a license by endorsement to practice funeral directing to an applicant who has remitted a fee set by rule of...
- 497.375 - Funeral Directing; Licensure Of A Funeral Director Intern.
(1)(a) Any person desiring to become a funeral director intern must apply to the licensing authority on forms prescribed by rule of the licensing authority, together...
- 497.376 - License As Funeral Director And Embalmer Permitted.
This chapter does not prohibit a person from holding a license as an embalmer and a license as a funeral director at the same time....
- 497.377 - Concurrent Internships.
The internship requirement for embalmers and funeral directors may be served concurrently pursuant to rules adopted by the licensing authority.History.—ss. 1, 5, ch. 79-231; ss....
- 497.378 - Renewal Of Funeral Director And Embalmer Licenses.
(1) The licensing authority shall renew a funeral director or embalmer license upon receipt of the renewal application and fee set by the licensing authority, not...
- 497.379 - Inactive Status.
(1) A funeral director or embalmer license that has become inactive may be reactivated under s. 497.378 upon application to the licensing authority. The licensing authority...
- 497.380 - Funeral Establishment; Licensure; Display Of License.
(1) A funeral establishment shall be a place at a specific street address or location consisting of at least 1,250 contiguous interior square feet and shall...
- 497.381 - Solicitation Of Goods Or Services.
(1) The licensing authority shall regulate such solicitation to protect the public from solicitation which is intimidating, overreaching, fraudulent, or misleading; which utilizes undue influence; or...
- 497.382 - Reports Of Cases Embalmed And Bodies Handled.
(1) Each funeral establishment, direct disposal establishment, cinerator facility, and centralized embalming facility shall record monthly on a form prescribed and furnished by the licensing authority...
- 497.383 - Additional Rights Of Legally Authorized Persons.
(1) In addition to any other common law or statutory rights a legally authorized person may otherwise have, that person may authorize a funeral director or...
- 497.384 - Disinterment; Transportation; Authorization And Notification.
(1) The disinterment and reinterment of human remains shall require the physical presence of a licensed funeral director, unless the reinterment is to be made in...
- 497.385 - Removal Services; Refrigeration Facilities; Centralized Embalming Facilities.
In order to ensure that the removal, refrigeration, and embalming of all dead human bodies is conducted in a manner that properly protects the public’s...
- 497.386 - Storage, Preservation, And Transportation Of Human Remains.
(1) A person may not store or maintain human remains at any establishment or facility except an establishment or facility licensed under this chapter or a...
- 497.387 - Unlawful To Remove Or Embalm Body Without Consent Of Proper Official When Crime Is Suspected.
It is unlawful for a licensee under this chapter to remove or embalm a dead human body when she or he has information indicating crime...
- 497.389 - Funeral Establishments; Cash Advance Accounts; Escrow Refund Accounts.
(1) Funeral establishments may elect to maintain special, segregated bank accounts to be used in conjunction with making cash advances to vendors. The money in such...
- 497.390 - Reciprocity.
In order to ensure that funeral directors, embalmers, and direct disposers who are licensed in this state may be considered for licensure or registration in...
- 497.391 - Exceptions.
(1) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to limit the sale of caskets, alternative containers, outer burial containers, or funeral merchandise by any person on...
- 497.392 - Branch Chapels.
Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 497.380, any licensed establishment operating a branch chapel on June 30, 1979, in accordance with the law then in effect,...
Last modified: September 23, 2016