Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4717 - Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Crematories

• Section 4717.01 - Embalmer, Funeral Director, Crematory Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (A) "Embalming" means the preservation and disinfection, or attempted preservation and disinfection, of the dead human body by application...
• Section 4717.02 - Board Of Embalmers And Funeral Directors.
  (A) There is hereby created the board of embalmers and funeral directors consisting of seven members to be appointed by the governor with the...
• Section 4717.03 - Organization Of Board.
  (A) Members of the board of embalmers and funeral directors shall annually in July, or within thirty days after the senate's confirmation of the...
• Section 4717.04 - Administrative Rules.
  (A) The board of embalmers and funeral directors shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the government, transaction...
• Section 4717.05 - License Qualifications.
  (A) Any person who desires to be licensed as an embalmer shall apply to the board of embalmers and funeral directors on a form...
• Section 4717.06 - Application For Licensing Funeral Home Or Embalming Or Crematory Facility.
  (A) (1) Any person who desires to obtain a license to operate a funeral home, embalming facility, or crematory facility shall apply to the...
• Section 4717.061 - License Applicant To Comply With Rc Chapter 4776.
  (A) As used in this section, "license" and "applicant for an initial license" have the same meanings as in section 4776.01 of the Revised...
• Section 4717.062 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 08-05-1998
• Section 4717.07 - Fees.
  (A) The board of embalmers and funeral directors shall charge and collect the following fees: (1) For the initial issuance or biennial renewal of...
• Section 4717.071 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 08-05-1998
• Section 4717.08 - Renewals.
  (A) Every license issued under this chapter expires on the last day of December of each even-numbered year and shall be renewed on or...
• Section 4717.081 To 4717.083 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 08-05-1998
• Section 4717.09 - Continuing Education.
  (A) Every two years, licensed embalmers and funeral directors shall attend between twelve and thirty hours of educational programs as a condition for renewal...
• Section 4717.10 - Reciprocity; Courtesy Cards.
  (A) The board of embalmers and funeral directors may recognize licenses issued to embalmers and funeral directors by other states, and upon presentation of...
• Section 4717.11 - Change Of Location Or Ownership Of Facility.
  (A) A person who is licensed to operate a funeral home shall obtain a new license upon any change in location of the funeral...
• Section 4717.12 - Exemptions.
  (A) The following persons are exempt from the provisions of this chapter: (1) An officer or employee of the department of health or any...
• Section 4717.13 - Prohibited Conduct.
  (A) No person shall do any of the following: (1) Engage in the business or profession of funeral directing unless the person is licensed...
• Section 4717.14 - Discplinary Actions.
  (A) The board of embalmers and funeral directors may refuse to grant or renew, or may suspend or revoke, any license issued under this...
• Section 4717.15 - Issuing Notice Of Violation.
  (A) The board of embalmers and funeral directors, without the necessity for conducting a prior adjudication hearing, may issue a notice of violation to...
• Section 4717.16 - Effect Of Child Support Default On License.
  On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the board of embalmers and funeral directors shall comply with sections...
• Section 4717.17 - Designating Eye Or Tissue Bank - Immunity.
  A funeral director acting in good faith is not liable in damages for injury resulting from acting or attempting to act in accordance with...
• Section 4717.18, 4717.19 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 08-05-1998
• Section 4717.20 - Cremation Definitions.
  As used in sections 4717.20 to 4717.30 of the Revised Code: (A) "Alternative container" means a receptacle, other than a casket, in which a...
• Section 4717.21 - Executing Antemortem Cremation Authorization Form.
  (A) Any person, on an antemortem basis, may serve as the person's own authorizing agent, authorize the person's own cremation, and specify the arrangements...
• Section 4717.22 - Authorizing Agents For Cremation.
  (A) The person who has the right of disposition under section 2108.70 or 2108.81 of the Revised Code may serve as an authorizing agent...
• Section 4717.23 - Prohibited Acts By Operator Of Facility Prior To Cremation.
  (A) No operator of a crematory facility shall cremate or allow the cremation at a crematory facility the operator is licensed to operate under...
• Section 4717.24 - Cremation Authorization Form.
  (A) A cremation authorization form authorizing the cremation of a dead human body, other than one that was donated to science for purposes of...
• Section 4717.25 - Body Or Parts Donated To Science.
  (A) A cremation authorization form authorizing the cremation of any body parts, including, without limitation, dead human bodies that were donated to science for...
• Section 4717.26 - Procedure For Cremation.
  (A) The operator of a crematory facility may schedule the time for the cremation of a dead human body to occur at the operator's...
• Section 4717.27 - Disposing Of Cremated Remains.
  (A) The authorizing agent who executed the cremation authorization form authorizing the cremation of a decedent under section 4717.24 of the Revised Code or...
• Section 4717.28 - Records.
  (A) No operator of a crematory facility shall fail to ensure that a written receipt is provided to the person who delivers a dead...
• Section 4717.29 - Medical Device Or Implant Present In Decedent's Body.
  (A) A person executing a cremation authorization form as the authorizing agent under section 4717.24 of the Revised Code shall use diligent efforts to...
• Section 4717.30 - Operator Of Crematory Facility Or Funeral Director - Immunity.
  (A) The operator of a crematory facility or a funeral director is not liable in damages in a civil action for any of the...
• Section 4717.31 - Who May Sell Certain Preneed Funeral Contracts.
  (A) Only a funeral director licensed pursuant to this chapter may sell a preneed funeral contract that includes funeral services. Sections 4717.31 to 4717.38...
• Section 4717.32 - Contents Of Certain Preneed Funeral Contracts.
  (A) Any preneed funeral contract that involves the payment of money or the purchase or assignment of an insurance policy or annuity shall be...
• Section 4717.33 - Notice By Trustee Or Insurer To Purchaser Of Contract.
  (A) If a preneed funeral contract is funded by any means other than an insurance policy or policies, or an annuity or annuities, the...
• Section 4717.34 - Right Of Purchaser To Rescind Contract.
  (A) Any purchaser, on initially entering into a preneed funeral contract may, within seven days after entering into that contract, rescind the contract and...
• Section 4717.35 - Remission Of Contract Application And Premium To Insurer.
  If a preneed funeral contract contains a provision stating that the preneed funeral contract will be funded by the purchase of an insurance policy,...
• Section 4717.36 - Funeral Goods And Services Payments Held In Trust.
  (A) This section applies only to preneed funeral contracts that are funded by any means other than an insurance policy or policies, or an...
• Section 4717.37 - Delivery Of Funeral Goods Defined.
  For purposes of sections 4717.31 to 4717.38 of the Revised Code, a seller is considered to have delivered funeral goods pursuant to a preneed...
• Section 4717.38 - Construction Of Rc 4717.31 To .
  Sections 4717.31 to 4717.38 of the Revised Code shall be construed as a limitation on the manner in which a person is permitted to...
• Section 4717.39 - Compliance With Law Regarding Sanctions For Human Trafficking.
  The board of embalmers and funeral directors shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code. Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.169, HB 247,...
• Section 4717.99 - Penalty.
  Whoever violates any provision of sections 4717.01 to 4717.15 ; division (A) or (B) of section 4717.23 ; division (B)(1) or (2), (C)(1) or...

Last modified: October 10, 2016