2004 Florida Code
TITLE XXXII REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 470 FUNERAL DIRECTING, EMBALMING, AND DIRECT DISPOSITION  
470.018   Renewal of registration of direct disposer.

1470.018  Renewal of registration of direct disposer.--

(1)  The department shall renew a registration upon receipt of the renewal application and fee set by the department not to exceed $250.

(2)  The department shall adopt rules establishing a procedure for the biennial renewal of registrations. The board shall prescribe by rule continuing education requirements of up to 3 classroom hours and may by rule establish criteria for accepting alternative nonclassroom continuing education on an hour-for-hour basis, in addition to a board-approved course on communicable diseases that includes the course on human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome required by s. 455.2226, for the renewal of a registration.

History.--ss. 1, 5, ch. 79-231; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 1, ch. 89-8; ss. 17, 122, ch. 93-399; s. 211, ch. 94-119; s. 6, ch. 98-298; s. 27, ch. 2000-356; s. 128, ch. 2004-301.

1Note.--Section 128, ch. 2004-301, renumbered s. 470.018 as s. 497.603 and amended the section, effective October 1, 2005, to read:

497.603  Direct disposers, renewal of license.--

(1)  2A direct disposer's license shall be renewed upon receipt of the renewal application and fee set by rule of the licensing authority but not to exceed $250.

(2)  There shall be adopted rules establishing a schedule and forms and procedure for the biennial renewal of licenses as direct disposers. There shall be adopted by rule continuing education requirements of up to 6 classroom hours and there may by rule be established criteria for accepting alternative nonclassroom continuing education on an hour-for-hour basis, in addition to an approved course on communicable diseases that includes the course on human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome required by s. 497.367, for the renewal of a license as a direct disposer.

2Note.--This sentence was edited for clarity. As amended by s. 128, ch. 2004-301, it reads: "A direct disposer's renewal of license upon receipt of the renewal application and fee set by rule of the licensing authority but not to exceed $250."