§ 12-135-503 — Criminal history - rules

(1) Subject to section 24-5-101, a
licensee or an applicant for a license under this part 5 has a disqualifying criminal
history if the licensee or applicant has been convicted of, plead guilty to, plead nolo
contendere to, or received a deferred sentence for:

(a) A felony committed in the course of and related to practicing as,
interning as, or having a workplace learning experience as a funeral director, a
mortuary science practitioner, an embalmer, a cremationist, or a natural
reductionist;

(b) A felony committed in the course of and related to being an employee of
or being an agent of a funeral establishment registered in accordance with section
12-135-110 or of a crematory registered in accordance with section 12-135-303;

(c) A violation of section 18-13-101;

(d) A felony listed in article 4 or 5 of title 18; or

(e) A violation of a statute of another state if the violation is substantially
similar to a violation listed in subsection (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c), (1)(d), or (2) of this
section.

(2) The director may promulgate rules to categorize a violation of any of the
following as disqualifying criminal history under this part 5:

(a) Article 140 of this title 12;

(b) Article 15 of title 10; or

(c) Title 6.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2024: Entire part added with relocations, (SB 24-173), ch. 240, p. 1574, � 2, effective May 24.