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IN Code § 25-15-2-22 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 2. Definitions|25-15-2-22. "Practice of Funeral Service"

Sec. 22. As used in this chapter, "practice of funeral service" means:(1) the application of the principles, methods, and techniques of mortuary science to the delivery of funeral services;(2) the counseling of individuals concerning methods and alternatives for the final disposition of human remains;(3) the prevention of the spread of infectious and contagious disease from human remains; and(4) compliance, in the delivery of funeral merchandise and services, with laws relating to health, public safety, and the environment.As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.237-1995, SEC.7.
IN Code § 25-15-2-23 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 2. Definitions|25-15-2-23. "Practitioner"

Sec. 23. "Practitioner" means an individual who is a funeral director, an embalmer, or a funeral director intern.As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.1.
IN Code § 25-15-2-24 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 2. Definitions|25-15-2-24. "Protection Order"

Sec. 24. "Protection order" means an injunction or other order issued by a tribunal of the issuing state or Indian tribe to prevent an individual from:(1) engaging in violent or threatening acts against;(2) engaging in harassment of;(3) engaging in contact or communication with; or(4) being in physical proximity to;another person. The term includes temporary and final orders issued by civil and criminal courts.As added by P.L.94-2010, SEC.7.
IN Code § 25-15-4-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 4. Minimum Qualifications; Reciprocity|25-15-4-1. Funeral Home Licenses

Sec. 1. To qualify for a funeral home license, a person who is an applicant must:(1) operate a funeral home that complies with the rules of the board;(2) disclose:(A) the name of the applicant and if the applicant is an individual, the principal address of residence of the applicant;(B) the location of the funeral home;(C) if the applicant is not an individual, the names and principal address of residence of the directors or other executive officers of the applicant;(D) the name of the manager in charge of the funeral home; and(E) any other information required by the board; and(3) pay the fee set by the board.As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.3.
IN Code § 25-15-4-1.1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 4. Minimum Qualifications; Reciprocity|25-15-4-1.1. Branch Location Licenses

Sec. 1.1. To qualify for a branch location license, a person who is an applicant must:(1) possess a funeral home license issued under section 1 of this chapter;(2) operate a branch location that meets the requirements of the board; and(3) pay the fee set by the board.As added by P.L.237-1995, SEC.8.
IN Code § 25-15-4-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 4. Minimum Qualifications; Reciprocity|25-15-4-2. Funeral Director Intern Licenses

Sec. 2. (a) To qualify for a funeral director intern license, an applicant must:(1) be an individual who is at least eighteen (18) years of age;(2) submit proof that the applicant has not been convicted of:(A) an act that would constitute a ground for disciplinary sanction under IC 25-1-11; and(B) a crime that has a direct bearing on the applicant's ability to practice competently;(3) have a diploma from an accredited high school;(4) have successfully completed either:(A) a course of education consisting of:(i) thirty (30) semester hours or forty-five (45) quarter hours of college level work in a regionally accredited postsecondary educational institution that includes course work in the subjects of English, the humanities, science, business, and other electives that apply toward a baccalaureate degree from the postsecondary educational institution; and(ii) four (4) academic quarters, or its equivalent, in an accredited college, school, or department of mortuary science approved by the board; or(B) a twenty-one (21) month program in an accredited college, school, or department of mortuary science that has been approved by the board; and(5) pay the fee set by the board for a funeral director intern license.(b) The board may require an applicant for a funeral director intern license to pass an examination before issuing a license to the applicant.As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.214-1993, SEC.43; P.L.2-2007, SEC.321.
IN Code § 25-15-4-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 4. Minimum Qualifications; Reciprocity|25-15-4-3. Funeral Director Licenses

Sec. 3. (a) An applicant must qualify under subsection (b) to be licensed as a funeral director. However, subject to IC 25-15-8-10, an individual qualified under subsection (c) or (d) shall be treated as a qualified individual.(b) To qualify for a funeral director license, an applicant must:(1) be an individual who is at least eighteen (18) years of age;(2) submit proof that the applicant has not been convicted of:(A) an act that would constitute a ground for disciplinary sanction under IC 25-1-11; or(B) a crime that has a direct bearing on the applicant's ability to practice competently;(3) have a diploma from an accredited high school;(4) have successfully completed either:(A) a course of education consisting of:(i) thirty (30) semester hours or forty-five (45) quarter hours of college level work in a regionally accredited postsecondary educational institution that includes course work in the subjects of English, humanities, science, business, and other electives that apply toward a baccalaureate degree from the postsecondary educational institution; and(ii) four (4) academic quarters or the equivalent in an accredited college, school, or department of mortuary science approved by the board; or(B) a twenty-one (21) month program in an accredited college, school, or department of mortuary science approved by the board;(5) pass the examination required by the board for a funeral director license;(6) under the direct supervision of a funeral director licensee, have at least one (1) year of continuous experience in the practice of funeral service; and(7) pay the licensing fee set by the board for a funeral director licensee.(c) An individual may be licensed as a funeral director if, on June 30, 1985, the individual had a funeral director license and an embalmer license issued by the state board of embalmers and funeral directors.(d) An individual may be a funeral director if, on June 30, 1985, the individual had a funeral director license issued by the state board of embalmers and funeral directors.As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.214-1993, SEC.44; P.L.2-2007, SEC.322.
IN Code § 25-15-4-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 4. Minimum Qualifications; Reciprocity|25-15-4-4. Embalmer Licenses

Sec. 4. An individual may be an embalmer only if, on June 30, 1985, the individual had an embalmer license issued by the state board of embalmers and funeral directors.As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.3.
IN Code § 25-15-4-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 4. Minimum Qualifications; Reciprocity|25-15-4-5. Funeral Director Licenses; Exemption From Examination for Persons Licensed in Other States

Sec. 5. An applicant for a funeral director license, who is licensed in another state with requirements that are substantially equal to the requirements in section 3(b) of this chapter, as determined by the board, may be exempted by the board from the examination requirement under section 3(b)(5) of this chapter or the one (1) year supervised practice period requirement under section 3(b)(6) of this chapter.As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.3.
IN Code § 25-15-4-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 4. Minimum Qualifications; Reciprocity|25-15-4-6. Inactive Funeral Director License; Application; Violations

Sec. 6. (a) A funeral director may submit a written application to the board requesting that the funeral director's license be classified as inactive. On receipt of the application, the board shall grant the request by placing the license on inactive status until reinstated to active status.(b) A person holding an inactive license may not engage in the practice of funeral service.(c) A person who engages in the practice of funeral service with an inactive license is subject to IC 25-15-8-24.As added by P.L.207-1993, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.237-1995, SEC.12.
IN Code § 25-15-5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 5. Examination|25-15-5-1. Time; Place

Sec. 1. At least one (1) of each type of examination required under IC 25-15-4 must be held annually. These examinations may be conducted at any place in Indiana set by the board.As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.4.
IN Code § 25-15-5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 5. Examination|25-15-5-3. Failure of Examination; Taking Next Examination; Additional Fees and Education Requirements

Sec. 3. Any qualified applicant who fails an examination and is refused a license may take the next scheduled examination upon payment of an additional fee set by the board under IC 25-15-9-8. However, if an applicant fails more than one (1) funeral director intern license examination or more than one (1) funeral director license examination, the board may require the applicant to submit proof to the board that the applicant has met the additional education requirements set by the board before the board allows the applicant to take another examination under this article.As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.48-1991, SEC.28.
IN Code § 25-15-6-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 6. Expiration of Licenses; Renewal of Licenses; Continuing Education|25-15-6-1. Time of Expiration

Sec. 1. (a) Subject to IC 25-1-2-6(e) and except as provided in subsection (b), a license issued under this article expires on the date established by the licensing agency under IC 25-1-6-4.(b) A funeral director intern license expires two (2) years after it is issued by the board.As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.214-1993, SEC.45; P.L.105-2008, SEC.31; P.L.177-2015, SEC.37.
IN Code § 25-15-6-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 6. Expiration of Licenses; Renewal of Licenses; Continuing Education|25-15-6-2. Funeral Homes; Renewal of Licenses

Sec. 2. The board shall renew the license of a funeral home licensee that pays the registration fee set by the board.As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.5.
IN Code § 25-15-6-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 6. Expiration of Licenses; Renewal of Licenses; Continuing Education|25-15-6-3. Funeral Directors or Embalmers; Renewal of Licenses

Sec. 3. The board shall renew the license of a funeral director or embalmer who:(1) pays the fee; and(2) meets the continuing education requirements;set by the board.As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.5.
IN Code § 25-15-6-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 6. Expiration of Licenses; Renewal of Licenses; Continuing Education|25-15-6-4. Funeral Directors or Embalmers; Reinstatement of Expired License

Sec. 4. (a) The board shall reinstate the expired license of:(1) a funeral director;(2) an embalmer;(3) a funeral director intern; or(4) a funeral home;that applies for reinstatement of the license not later than three (3) years after the date the license expired and meets the requirements for reinstatement under IC 25-1-8-6(c).(b) If the license of:(1) a funeral director;(2) an embalmer;(3) a funeral director intern; or(4) a funeral home;has been expired for more than three (3) years, the board shall reinstate the license if the holder of the license applies for reinstatement of the license and meets the requirements for reinstatement under IC 25-1-8-6(d).As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.194-2005, SEC.54; P.L.157-2006, SEC.58; P.L.105-2008, SEC.32.
IN Code § 25-15-6-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 6. Expiration of Licenses; Renewal of Licenses; Continuing Education|25-15-6-5. Funeral Directors; Continuing Education Credits

Sec. 5. (a) The board shall require a funeral director to obtain ten (10) hours of continuing education credit in any two (2) year period in order to renew or reinstate a license under this chapter. The board shall require that continuing education credit be earned in board approved courses or programs on one (1) or more of the following subjects:(1) Embalming and restorative arts.(2) Prevention of the spread of infectious disease and compliance with mandatory public health requirements.(3) Federal and state laws and rules regulating the embalming and funeral professions.(4) Funeral home management.(5) Religion.(6) Natural science.(7) Grief counseling and the psychological effect of death on survivors.(b) Continuing education hours earned as a prerequisite to the issuance or maintenance of a professional license other than a funeral director license may not be counted in determining compliance with this section.As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.237-1995, SEC.13; P.L.194-2005, SEC.55.
IN Code § 25-15-6-5.1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 6. Expiration of Licenses; Renewal of Licenses; Continuing Education|25-15-6-5.1. Revocation, Suspension, or Expiration of Funeral Home and Branch Location License

Sec. 5.1. When a person's funeral home license is revoked, suspended, or expired, the person's branch location license that arises from that funeral home license is revoked, suspended, or expired.As added by P.L.237-1995, SEC.9.
IN Code § 25-15-6-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 6. Expiration of Licenses; Renewal of Licenses; Continuing Education|25-15-6-7. Inactive License Continuing Education Exemption; Reactivation Requirements; Practice Under Inactive License; Sanction

Sec. 7. (a) A funeral director who holds an inactive funeral director license under IC 25-15-4-6 is exempt from continuing education requirements of section 5 of this chapter.(b) An individual may reactivate an inactive funeral director's license by completing all hours of continuing education required of licensed funeral directors for each year that the license has been classified as inactive. If an individual's license has been inactive for four (4) or more years, the board shall require the individual to pass an examination under IC 25-15-4 before reinstating the individual's license to active status.(c) An individual who resumes the practice of funeral service or the provision of funeral services to the public under an inactive funeral director license (as described in IC 25-15-4-6) violates this article and the board shall revoke the individual's inactive license.As added by P.L.207-1993, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.237-1995, SEC.14; P.L.194-2005, SEC.57.
IN Code § 25-15-7-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 7. Transfer and Assignment of Licenses; Name Changes; Ownership Changes|25-15-7-1. Transferability of Licenses

Sec. 1. A license issued under this article is not transferable from one (1) person to another.As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.6.
IN Code § 25-15-7-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 7. Transfer and Assignment of Licenses; Name Changes; Ownership Changes|25-15-7-2. Funeral Home Licenses; Location

Sec. 2. A funeral home license applies only to one (1) location and is not transferable from one (1) location to another.As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.6.
IN Code § 25-15-7-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 7. Transfer and Assignment of Licenses; Name Changes; Ownership Changes|25-15-7-3. Funeral Homes; Changing, Transferring, or Assigning Name

Sec. 3. The board may not prohibit a funeral home licensee from:(1) changing the licensee's name; or(2) transferring or assigning the licensee's name to another funeral home licensee.As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.6.
IN Code § 25-15-7-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 7. Transfer and Assignment of Licenses; Name Changes; Ownership Changes|25-15-7-4. Shares of Funeral Home Corporations; Transfers

Sec. 4. The board may not prohibit a shareholder or a corporation that is a funeral home licensee from transferring or assigning any part of the shareholder's ownership of the corporation to another person.As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.6.
IN Code § 25-15-7-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 7. Transfer and Assignment of Licenses; Name Changes; Ownership Changes|25-15-7-5. Assets of Funeral Homes and Branch Locations; Transfers of Interest

Sec. 5. The board may not prohibit a person from transferring or assigning any interest that the person has in the assets of a funeral home or branch location, other than a funeral home or branch location license, to another person.As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.237-1995, SEC.10.
IN Code § 25-15-8-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations|25-15-8-1. Grounds for Discipline of Licensees

Sec. 1. (a) A licensee that:(1) promotes or participates in a scheme or plan in the nature of a burial association, burial certificate plan, or burial membership plan;(2) after an individual has died, personally or through an agent solicits, makes, or offers to make a direct or an indirect payment of a commission for the purpose of securing the individual's human remains;(3) fails to promptly surrender possession of human remains after receiving a demand from the person legally entitled to custody of the human remains;(4) transports or disposes of human remains without a permit required by law;(5) takes possession of human remains without authorization from the person legally entitled to custody of the human remains;(6) makes a misleading claim concerning the protective qualities of a casket, an alternative container, or an outer burial container;(7) shows a casket, an alternative container, or an outer burial container to a consumer if the casket, alternative container, or outer burial container does not have a conspicuously displayed card or brochure that lists the price of the casket, alternative container, or outer burial container and briefly describes the casket, alternative container, or outer burial container; or(8) is found to have accepted payment by assignment of third party life insurance proceeds for at-need funeral services performed for more than the amount of the contracted funeral expenses arranged for by an authorizing agent;may be disciplined under IC 25-1-11.(b) Subsection (a)(8) does not apply to funeral trust funds under IC 30-2-10 and IC 30-2-13.As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.207-1993, SEC.6; P.L.214-1993, SEC.46; P.L.47-2019, SEC.1.
IN Code § 25-15-8-1.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations|25-15-8-1.5. Discipline of Licensee for Display of Revoked or Expired Credentials

Sec. 1.5. The board may discipline a licensee under IC 25-1-11 if that licensee displays to the public credentials issued by the board that:(1) have been revoked by the board; or(2) have expired.As added by P.L.240-1985, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.207-1993, SEC.7; P.L.214-1993, SEC.47.
IN Code § 25-15-8-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 25. Professions and Occupations|Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors|Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations|25-15-8-2. Funeral Home Licenses; Grounds for Discipline

Sec. 2. 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.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.