Sec. 20-229. Reciprocal agreements.
Sec. 20-229. Reciprocal agreements. The Commissioner of Public Health may
enter into an agreement with the corresponding licensing authority of any other state
competent to enter into such agreement, which agreement shall be in substantially the
following form:
"We, the undersigned representatives of the various states, by and through their respective licensing authorities, hereby jointly agree that a person duly registered and
licensed as a funeral director or embalmer in either one of the several states may go into
the other state for the purpose of handling, embalming, transporting and burying dead
human bodies and directing funerals as though he were registered under the laws of that
state, except that he shall not maintain an establishment, advertise, have any agent or
agency, or otherwise hold himself out as a funeral director or embalmer other than in
his native state.
It is further agreed that the licensing authority of the state in which the funeral director
or embalmer is licensed will assume the responsibility for instituting disciplinary action
against any licensed funeral directors or embalmers who may be guilty of unprofessional
conduct in the practice of their business in the other state, when such is called to their
attention by the licensing authority of that state."
Any such agreement may be rescinded by said commissioner at any time.
(1957, P.A. 153; P.A. 80-484, S. 96, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 80-484 replaced board with health services commissioner as authority for entering agreements with
licensing authorities of other states; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public
health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health
and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.