§ 25-15-8-2 — Funeral home licenses; grounds for discipline

A funeral home licensee who itself or through
an officer, an agent, an employee, or an independent contractor:
(1) operates a funeral home or a branch location in the same
location as another funeral home licensee;
(2) operates a funeral home at any location or branch location
without a separate funeral home license or branch location license
for that location;
(3) operates a funeral home or a branch location without a
manager who:
(A) has a funeral director license; and
(B) has filed an affidavit with the board acknowledging that the
individual is the manager of the funeral home or the branch
location;
(4) operates a funeral home or branch location without having a
funeral director either perform or directly supervise each act of
funeral service performed for the funeral home or a branch
location;
(5) fails to conspicuously display the certificate of licensure
issued to the funeral home licensee and the certificate of licensure
or a duplicate original of the certificate of licensure issued to the
funeral director managing the funeral home or the branch location
in a public area of the funeral home or the branch location;
(6) fails to annually report to the board:
(A) if the licensee is a sole proprietor, the name of the funeral
home or the branch location and principal address of residence
of the funeral home licensee;
(B) the location of the funeral home or the branch location;
(C) if the licensee is not a sole proprietor, the names and
principal addresses of residences of the directors or other
executive officers of the funeral home licensee;
(D) the name of the manager in charge of the funeral home or
the branch location;
(E) the name and principal address of residence of each
practitioner that has engaged in the practice of funeral services
for the funeral home or the branch location in the preceding
twelve (12) months and the period of time during which the
practitioner worked for the funeral home or the branch location;
and
(F) any other information required by the board;
(7) knowingly violates any rule of construction, equipping, or
operation for funeral homes or branch locations adopted by the
board under IC 25-15-9-8;
(8) engages in the practice of funeral service or provides funeral
services to the public under an inactive license (as described in IC 25-15-4-6);
(9) permits a person other than a funeral director to engage in the
practice of funeral service or the provision of funeral services to
the public or otherwise violates any provision of this chapter; or
(10) misrepresents the quality or character of:
(A) any service or merchandise sold by a competitor; or
(B) any professional practice of a competitor;
may be disciplined under IC 25-1-11.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.48-1991, SEC.29; P.L.207-1993, SEC.8; P.L.214-1993, SEC.48; P.L.1-1994, SEC.125; P.L.237-1995, SEC.15.