2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 316 - EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS 316.140 Reciprocity for embalmer or funeral director licensed out of state -- Application for courtesy card -- Privileges and duties of courtesy card holder -- Prohibited acts.
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316.140 Reciprocity for embalmer or funeral director licensed out of state -Application for courtesy card -- Privileges and duties of courtesy card
holder -- Prohibited acts.
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A person holding an embalmer's or a funeral director's license issued in
another state or federal district may obtain a Kentucky embalmer's or a
Kentucky funeral director's license if the board finds that the person, before or
after obtaining a license in another state or federal district, has met the same or
similar requirements for a license as set out in KRS 316.030 and pays to the
board a fee equal to the license renewal fee.
A person holding an embalmer's or a funeral director's license issued in
another state or federal district may obtain a courtesy card if the following
conditions are met:
(a) The person is licensed as an embalmer or a funeral director in another
state or federal district;
(b) The other state or federal district issues courtesy cards or similar permits
to embalmers or funeral directors licensed in Kentucky;
(c) The person completes an application for a courtesy card on a form
provided by the board; and
(d) The person pays a fee that shall not exceed the amount of the fee an
embalmer or a funeral director licensed under this chapter is required to
pay for license renewal.
The board may issue a courtesy card to a licensed funeral director or licensed
embalmer upon application and payment by the funeral director or embalmer of
a fee prescribed by the board in administrative regulations promulgated under
KRS Chapter 13A. The application shall be approved by the board, at its
discretion. The requirement in KRS 316.030 that all Kentucky-licensed
embalmers or funeral directors who practice in Kentucky shall practice from a
funeral establishment that is licensed to operate under the provisions of this
chapter shall not apply to the holder of a courtesy card. The board shall
promulgate administrative regulations necessary to administer and enforce this
section.
A courtesy card issued under this chapter shall expire on July 31 of each year.
The holder of a courtesy card issued under this chapter may undertake the
following acts of funeral directing:
(a) Remove and transport unembalmed and embalmed dead human bodies
to and from Kentucky to the state or states where the courtesy card
holder is licensed as a funeral director;
(b) Prepare and complete sections of death certificates and other disposition
permits needed for the disposition of deceased human remains, without
the assistance of, or being under the supervision of, an embalmer or
funeral director licensed under this chapter; and
(c) Only a licensed funeral director who has been issued a courtesy card
under this subsection may supervise and conduct funeral ceremonies in
Kentucky without the assistance of a Kentucky funeral director.
A courtesy card holder pursuant to this chapter shall comply with all the laws of
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Kentucky when engaged in any acts of funeral directing in this state. The board
may revoke or suspend the courtesy card, or subject the courtesy card holder
to discipline in accordance with the laws applicable to funeral directors and
embalmers licensed under this chapter. Any disciplinary measures taken by the
board against a courtesy card holder shall be reported by the board to the state
board or agency that issued the courtesy card holder's funeral director or
embalmer's license or certification.
The holder of a courtesy card issued under this chapter shall not engage in the
following acts:
(a) Transfer the courtesy card to another individual;
(b) Own or operate a funeral home, crematory, or office that provides or
offers to sell or arrange funeral or disposition services in Kentucky; and
(c) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, perform any of the
acts related to the practice of funeral directing in Kentucky, including:
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Arranging for a funeral or disposition service with members of the
public;
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Being employed by, or contracted to perform funeral or embalming
services in Kentucky by, a funeral home licensed under this chapter;
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Advertising funeral or disposition services;
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Executing contracts for funeral or disposition services in Kentucky;
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Preparing or embalming deceased human remains in Kentucky; or
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Exhuming or disinterring human remains in Kentucky.
Effective:June 25, 2013
History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 122, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2013. -Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 31, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended
2004 Ky. Acts ch. 69, sec. 2, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts
ch. 90, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 149,
sec. 5, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 125, sec. 9,
effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 52, sec. 14, effective
June 16, 1960. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1,
1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1599a-15.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/96). In codifying the changes made
to this statute by 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 149, sec. 5, a citation to KRS 316.030
(Section 2 of the Act) has been substituted for the Act's reference to 316.125
(Section 3 of the Act) pursuant to KRS 7.136(1)(h). It is clear from context that
the subject matter being treated here relates to the Section 2 of the Act, not
Section 3.
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