§ 1251 - License requirements
§ 1251. License requirements
No person, partnership, corporation, association, or other organization may open or maintain a funeral establishment unless the establishment is licensed by the board of funeral service to conduct the business and unless the owner, a co-owner or manager is a licensed funeral director. No person, partnership, corporation, association, or other organization may open or maintain a crematory establishment unless the establishment is licensed by the board of funeral service. No person may hold himself or herself out as performing the duties of a funeral director unless licensed by the board of funeral service. Except as otherwise permitted by law, no person employed by a funeral or crematory establishment may perform a removal unless registered with the board. (Amended 1959, No. 224, § 4; 1969, No. 239 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 1973, No. 236 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2001, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 14, eff. June 27, 2002; 2005, No. 27, § 40.)