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316.990 Penalties.
(1)
(2)
Any person who violates or aids in the violation of KRS 316.030(1) by
engaging in or attempting to engage in embalming or funeral directing or doing
any part of a service pertaining to embalming or funeral directing from the time
of death until the interment of a dead human body, who is not licensed under
this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be
fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500),
or imprisoned for not more than six (6) months, or both for each offense.
Any person not licensed under this chapter who conducts a funeral
establishment or corporation for the preparation and burial of dead human
bodies, or who holds himself out to be an embalmer or funeral director, or who
prepares, cares for, or disposes of dead human bodies within the meaning of
this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be
fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500),
or imprisoned for not more than six (6) months, or both. Each day that the
establishment is open to the public in violation of this chapter shall be a
separate offense.
Effective:July 15, 1996
History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 149, sec. 11, effective July 15, 1996. -Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 52, sec. 24, effective June 16, 1960. -- Recodified
1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat.
secs. 1599a-16, 1599a-16a.
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