Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 18 Businesses And Professions - Chapter 18.39 Embalmers -- Funeral Directors

18.39.010 Definitions
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Funeral director" means a person engaged in the profession ...

18.39.020 License required
It is unlawful for any person to act or hold himself or herself out as a funeral director or embalmer or discharge any of the ...

18.39.035 Applicant for license as funeral director or embalmer -- Eligibility
(1) An applicant for a license as a funeral director shall be at least eighteen years of age and must have obtained an associate of ...

18.39.045 College course requirements
(1) The two-year college course required for funeral directors under this chapter shall consist of sixty semester or ninety quarter hours of instruction at a ...

18.39.050 Application -- Renewal -- Fees
Every application for an initial license or a license renewal under this chapter shall be made in writing on a form prescribed by the director ...

18.39.070 Examinations -- Applications -- Notice -- Passing grades -- Retake of examination
(1) License examinations shall be held by the director at least once each year at a time and place to be designated by the director. ...

18.39.100 License -- Form -- Restrictions
Every license issued shall specify the name of the person to whom it is issued and shall be displayed in his or her place of ...

18.39.120 Interns -- Registration -- Renewal -- Notice of termination -- Fees
Every person engaged in the business of funeral directing or embalming, who employs an intern to assist in the conduct of the business, shall register ...

18.39.125 Academic interns
(1) An "academic intern" includes any student enrolled in an accredited college funeral service education program who is serving his or her three-month internship at ...

18.39.130 Licenses -- Applicants from other states -- Examination
The board may recognize licenses issued to funeral directors or embalmers from other states and extend reciprocity to an applicant if the applicant furnishes satisfactory ...

18.39.145 Funeral establishment license -- Issuance -- Requirements -- Transferability -- Expiration
The board shall issue a funeral establishment license to any person, partnership, association, corporation, or other organization to operate a funeral establishment, at a specific ...

18.39.150 License lapse -- Reinstatement -- Fee -- Reexamination
Any licensed funeral director or embalmer whose license has lapsed shall reapply for a license and pay a fee as determined under RCW 43.24.086 before ...

18.39.170 Inspector of funeral establishments, crematories, directors, and embalmers -- Appointment -- Eligibility -- Term -- Powers and duties
There shall be appointed by the director an agent whose title shall be "inspector of funeral establishments, crematories, funeral directors, and embalmers of the state ...

18.39.173 Board of funeral directors and embalmers -- Established -- Membership -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Terms -- Vacancies -- Officers -- Quorum
There is hereby established a state board of funeral directors and embalmers to be composed of five members, four professional and one public member, appointed ...

18.39.175 Board -- Duties and responsibilities -- Compensation -- Travel expenses -- Rules
Each member of the board of funeral directors and embalmers shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.240 and shall be reimbursed for travel expenses ...

18.39.181 Powers and duties of director
The director shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To issue all licenses provided for under this chapter; (2) To renew licenses under this ...

18.39.195 Pricing information to be given -- Billing "cash advanced" items
(1) Every licensed funeral director, his or her agent, or his or her employee shall give, or cause to be given, to the person making ...

18.39.215 Embalmers -- Authorization to embalm -- Information required -- Immediate care of body -- Waiver -- Penalty
(1)(a) No licensed embalmer shall embalm human remains without first having obtained authorization from the individual or individuals that have the right to control the ...

18.39.217 License or endorsement required for cremation -- Penalty -- Regulation of crematories
(1) A license or endorsement issued by the board or under chapter 68.05 RCW is required in order to operate a crematory or conduct a ...

18.39.220 Unlawful business practices -- Penalty
(1) Every licensee who pays, or causes to be paid, directly or indirectly, money, or other valuable consideration, for the securing of business is guilty ...

18.39.231 Prohibited advice and transactions -- Exceptions -- Rules -- Penalty
(1) A licensee shall not, in conjunction with any professional services performed for compensation under this chapter, provide financial or investment advice to any person ...

18.39.240 Prearrangement funeral service contracts -- License required
Only a funeral establishment licensed pursuant to this chapter may enter into prearrangement funeral service contracts.[1989 c 390 § 2; 1982 c 66 § 2.]Notes: ...

18.39.250 Prearrangement contracts -- Trusts -- Refunds
(1) Any funeral establishment selling funeral merchandise or services by prearrangement funeral service contract and accepting moneys therefore shall establish and maintain one or more ...

18.39.255 Prearrangement contracts -- Insurance funded -- Requirements
Prearranged funeral service contracts funded through insurance shall contain language which: (1) States the amount of insurance; (2) Informs the purchaser of the name and ...

18.39.260 Prearrangement contracts -- Certificates of registration required -- Exception
A funeral establishment shall not enter into prearrangement funeral service contracts in this state unless the funeral establishment has obtained a certificate of registration issued ...

18.39.270 Prearrangement contracts -- Registration qualifications
To qualify for and hold a certificate of registration, a funeral establishment must: (1) Be licensed pursuant to this chapter; and (2) Fully comply with ...

18.39.280 Prearrangement contracts -- Application for registration
To apply for an original certificate of registration, a funeral establishment must: (1) File with the board its request showing: (a) Its name, location, and ...

18.39.290 Prearrangement contracts -- Registration -- Renewal -- Fees -- Disposition
All certificates of registration issued pursuant to this chapter shall continue in force until the expiration date unless suspended or revoked. A certificate shall be ...

18.39.300 Grounds for disciplinary action
In addition to the grounds for action set forth in RCW 18.235.130, the board may take the disciplinary action set forth in RCW 18.235.110 against ...

18.39.320 Prearrangement contracts -- Annual financial statement -- Failure to file
(1) Each funeral establishment which has prearrangement funeral service contracts outstanding shall annually, as required by the board, file with the board a true and ...

18.39.330 Prearrangement contract forms -- Approval required -- Grounds for disapproval
No prearrangement funeral contract forms shall be used without the prior approval of the board. The board shall disapprove any such contract form, or withdraw ...

18.39.345 Prearrangement trust -- Examination by board
(1) The board shall examine a prearrangement funeral service trust whenever it deems it necessary, but at least once every three years, or whenever the ...

18.39.350 Violations -- Penalty -- Consumer protection -- Retail installment contracts
Any person who violates or fails to comply with, or aids or abets any person in the violation of, or failure to comply with any ...

18.39.360 Fraternal or benevolent organizations and labor unions excepted
This chapter does not apply to any funeral right or benefit issued or granted as an incident to or by reason of membership in any ...

18.39.370 Prearrangement service contracts -- Abandoned trusts
Any trust which has not matured or been refunded and for which no beneficiary can be located fifty years after its creation shall be considered ...

18.39.410 Unprofessional conduct
In addition to the unprofessional conduct described in RCW 18.235.130, the board may take disciplinary action and may impose any of the sanctions specified in ...

18.39.420 Complaint to board -- Submittal -- Determination -- Investigation -- Immunity of complainant
A person, including but not limited to a consumer, licensee, corporation, organization, and state and local governmental agency, may submit a written complaint to the ...

18.39.450 Findings of fact -- Order -- Notice -- Report
(1) In the event of a finding of unprofessional conduct, the board shall prepare and serve findings of fact and an order as provided in ...

18.39.465 License suspension -- Nonpayment or default on educational loan or scholarship
The director shall suspend the license of any person who has been certified by a lending agency and reported to the director for nonpayment or ...

18.39.467 License suspension -- Noncompliance with support order -- Reissuance
In the case of suspension for failure to comply with a support order under chapter 74.20A RCW or a *residential or visitation order under chapter ...

18.39.525 Certificates of removal registration
(1) The director shall issue a certificate of removal registration to a funeral establishment licensed in another state contiguous to Washington, with laws substantially similar ...

18.39.530 Practice without license -- Penalties
Unlicensed practice of a profession or operation of a business for which a license, registration, endorsement, or permit is required under this chapter, unless otherwise ...

18.39.560 Uniform regulation of business and professions act
The uniform regulation of business and professions act, chapter 18.235 RCW, governs unlicensed practice, the issuance and denial of licenses, and the discipline of licensees ...

18.39.800 Funeral directors and embalmers account
The funeral directors and embalmers account is created in the state treasury. All fees received by the department for licenses, registrations, renewals, examinations, and audits ...

18.39.900 Severability -- 1937 c 108
If any section, subdivision, sentence or clause of this act shall be held invalid or unconstitutional, such holding shall not affect the validity of the ...

18.39.901 Severability -- 1982 c 66
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application ...