156.15 - FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND CREMATION ESTABLISHMENTS -- LICENSE REQUIRED -- DISCIPLINE, VIOLATIONS, AND PENALTIES.
156.15 FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND CREMATION
ESTABLISHMENTS -- LICENSE REQUIRED -- DISCIPLINE, VIOLATIONS, AND
PENALTIES.
1. A funeral establishment or cremation establishment shall not
be operated until a license or renewal certificate has been issued to
the establishment by the board.
2. The board shall refuse to issue an establishment license when
an applicant fails to meet the requirements of section 156.14. The
board may refuse to issue or renew a license or may impose a penalty,
not to exceed ten thousand dollars, issue a reprimand, or revoke,
restrict, cancel, or suspend a license, and may place a licensee on
probation, if the board finds that the applicant or licensee has done
any of the following:
a. Been convicted of a felony or any crime related to the
practice of mortuary science or implicating the establishment's
ability to safely perform mortuary science services, or if the
applicant is an association, joint stock company, partnership, or
corporation, that a managing officer or owner has been convicted of
such a crime, under the laws of this state, another state, or the
United States.
b. Violated this chapter or any rule adopted under this
chapter or that any owner or employee of the establishment has
violated this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter.
c. Knowingly aided, assisted, procured, advised, or allowed a
person to unlawfully practice mortuary science.
d. Failed to engage in or ceased to engage in the business
described in the application for a license.
3. Failed to keep and maintain records as required by this
chapter or rules adopted under this chapter. Section History: Recent Form
96 Acts, ch 1148, § 10; 2007 Acts, ch 159, §11