§ 33-16-509 — Duties and powers of the board

Wyoming § 33-16-509

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 33: Professions and Occupations
• Ch. 16: EMBALMERS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS, UNDERTAKERS AND
• Art. 5: FUNERAL SERVICE PRACTITIONERS ACT

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(a) The board:
(i) Shall have the authority to issue registrations,
permits and licenses to qualified persons;
(ii) Shall have the authority to enter into
interstate or intrastate agreements and associations with other
boards of licensure for the purpose of establishing reciprocity,
developing examinations, evaluating applicants or other
activities to enhance the services of the board to the state,
the licensee, the registrant, the permittee and the public;
(iii) Shall adopt a seal to be affixed to all
licenses, registrations and permits issued;
(iv) Shall adopt rules not inconsistent with this act
or the laws of this state that are reasonable and necessary to
administer this act;
(v) May employ a board administrator and any
additional staff as necessary to administer and enforce this act
and board rules;
(vi) Shall have the authority to inspect the premises
in which the business of funeral service is conducted, in which
the business of cremation of human remains is conducted, where
embalming is practiced or where chemical disposition is
practiced. For purposes of this paragraph the board may employ
a funeral service practitioner licensee of the state of Wyoming
as an inspector to aid in the enforcement of this act and rules
adopted pursuant thereto, whose compensation and expenses shall
be payable only out of the fees collected by the board;
(vii) Shall have the authority to receive and
investigate complaints, hire investigators and take all
appropriate action allowed by law to enforce this act;
(viii) Shall conduct hearings as recommended by the
complaint investigator on complaints concerning violations of
this act and the rules adopted under this act. The board shall
have authority to administer oaths, take affidavits, summon
witnesses and take testimony as to matters coming within the
scope of its duties;
(ix) In its own name, may bring an action for an
injunction, and courts of this state may enjoin any person from
violation of this act. These proceedings shall be prosecuted by
the attorney general's office or private counsel may be secured
by the board with approval of the attorney general;
(x) May charge fees for application, examination,
licensing, registering, permitting, renewal and any other
service provided in amounts established pursuant to W.S.
33-1-201;
(xi) Shall adopt rules regulating the lease of
caskets to ensure sanitary use. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the lease of a casket for funeral and other
services of a person to be cremated shall be authorized by those
rules;
(xii) Shall promulgate rules and regulations
necessary to regulate the practice of professional funeral
service, including professional conduct, continuing education
and discipline.