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CA Bus & Prof Code § 7613.10 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 1.5 - Definitions and Regulation of Cemeteries|Section 7613.10.

7613.10.  When it has been alleged by verified petition pursuant to Section 7613.1 or when the bureau on its own investigation determines that there is probable cause to believe that any of the conditions set forth in Section 7613.9 exist or that irreparable loss and injury to the endowment care funds of a cemetery authority has occurred or may occur unless the bureau so acts immediately, the bureau, without notice and before applying to the court for any order, may take possession of the endowment care funds and the books, records, and accounts relating thereto of the cemetery authority, and retain possession subject to the order of the court. Any person having possession of and refusing to deliver any assets, books, or records of a cemetery authority against which a seizure order has been issued by the bureau shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 13. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7614 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 1.5 - Definitions and Regulation of Cemeteries|Section 7614.

7614.  If any city, county, or city and county exercises its authority to address public health, safety, or welfare issues in connection with a cemetery within its jurisdiction and if the certificate of authority of the cemetery has been revoked or suspended or has not been renewed, and the bureau holds the endowment care fund of the certificate of authority under applicable provisions of this code, the costs of any action that constitutes care, maintenance, or embellishment of the cemetery within the meaning of Section 8726 of the Health and Safety Code shall be eligible for reimbursement from available income from any endowment care fund in existence for the cemetery. For purposes of this section, local jurisdiction action may be based on charter, ordinance, or inherent police powers. Any claim for money or damages for an act or omission by the local jurisdiction acting in accord with this section shall be subject to all otherwise applicable immunities contained in Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 13. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7614.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 1.5 - Definitions and Regulation of Cemeteries|Section 7614.1.

7614.1.  Whenever the bureau makes any seizure as provided in Section 7613.10, it shall, on demand of the bureau, be the duty of the sheriff of any county of this state, and of the police department of any municipal corporation therein, to furnish the bureau with deputies, patrolmen, or officers as may be necessary to assist the bureau in making and enforcing that seizure. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 13. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7614.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 1.5 - Definitions and Regulation of Cemeteries|Section 7614.2.

7614.2.  Immediately after effecting a seizure pursuant to Section 7613.10, the bureau shall institute a proceeding as provided for in Section 7613.9.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 13. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7614.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 1.5 - Definitions and Regulation of Cemeteries|Section 7614.3.

7614.3.  Notwithstanding any other law, the bureau shall be the custodian of all moneys collected or surrendered pursuant to Sections 7613.9 and 7613.10. As custodian, the bureau may deposit those moneys, or any part thereof, without court approval, in any of the following: a bank or trust company legally authorized and empowered by the state to act as a trustee in the handling of trust funds; in a centralized State Treasury system bank account; or in funds administered by the State Treasurer. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 13. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7614.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 1.5 - Definitions and Regulation of Cemeteries|Section 7614.4.

7614.4.  The bureau shall maintain, regulate, operate, and control the property situated in the County of Amador, referred to as the Elkin Property in Judicial Council Coordination Proceedings Nos. 1814 and 1817, Order Re Proposed Neptune Memorial, Disposition of the Elkin Property, and Order Re Final Disposition of Ashes of the Sacramento Superior Court, and legally described as “Parcel 16-B as shown on the certain Record or Survey for Eugene S. Lowrance, et ux, filed for record May 17, 1971, in Book 17 of Maps and Plats at page 87, Amador County Records.” The bureau shall administer and supervise endowment funds established by the court for the property. The bureau shall exercise the authority granted by this section for the sole purpose of protecting the human remains resting on the property and preserving the property in its natural state. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 13. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7614.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 1.5 - Definitions and Regulation of Cemeteries|Section 7614.5.

7614.5.  The bureau is authorized to bring action to enforce the provisions of the law subject to its jurisdiction, in which actions it shall be represented by the Attorney General. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 13. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7614.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 1.5 - Definitions and Regulation of Cemeteries|Section 7614.6.

7614.6.  The bureau shall enforce and administer Part 1 (commencing with Section 8100), Part 3 (commencing with Section 8250), and Part 5 (commencing with Section 9501) of Division 8 of the Health and Safety Code. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 13. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7614.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 1.5 - Definitions and Regulation of Cemeteries|Section 7614.7.

7614.7.  In any report to the bureau, all bonds, debentures, or other evidences of debt held by a cemetery corporation if amply secured and if not in default as to principal or interest may be valued as follows:(a) If purchased at par at the par value.(b) If purchased above or below par on the basis of the purchase price adjusted so as to bring the value to par at maturity and so as to yield the effective rate of interest on the basis at which the purchase was made.(c) In such valuation, the purchase price shall in no case be taken at a higher figure than the actual market value at the time of purchase. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 13. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7614.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 1.5 - Definitions and Regulation of Cemeteries|Section 7614.8.

7614.8.  Any security or other evidence of debt if in default as to principal or interest or if not amply secured shall not be valued as an asset of the endowment care fund above its market value. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 13. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7614.9 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 1.5 - Definitions and Regulation of Cemeteries|Section 7614.9.

7614.9.  Notwithstanding any other law, every cemetery authority shall present to the survivor of the deceased who is handling the burial or cremation arrangements or the responsible party a copy of any preneed agreement that has been signed and paid in full, or in part, by or on behalf of the deceased and is in the possession of the cemetery authority. The copy may be presented in person, by certified mail, or by facsimile transmission, as agreed upon by the survivor of the deceased or the responsible party. A cemetery authority who knowingly fails to present the preneed agreement to the survivor of the deceased or the responsible party shall be liable for a civil fine equal to three times the cost of the preneed agreement, or one thousand dollars ($1,000), whichever is greater. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 13. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7615 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2 - Funeral Establishments and Directors|Section 7615.

7615.  A funeral director is a person engaged in or conducting, or holding himself or herself out as engaged in any of the following:(a) Preparing for the transportation or burial or disposal, or directing and supervising for transportation or burial or disposal of human remains.(b) Maintaining an establishment for the preparation for the transportation or disposition or for the care of human remains.(c) Using, in connection with his or her name, the words “funeral director,” or “undertaker,” or “mortician,” or any other title implying that he or she is engaged as a funeral director.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1151, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7616 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2 - Funeral Establishments and Directors|Section 7616.

7616.  (a) A licensed funeral establishment is a place of business conducted in a building or separate portion of a building having a specific street address or location and devoted exclusively to those activities as are incident, convenient, or related to the preparation and arrangements, financial and otherwise, for the funeral, transportation, burial or other disposition of human remains and including, but not limited to, either of the following:(1) A suitable room for the storage of human remains.(2) A preparation room equipped with a sanitary flooring and necessary drainage and ventilation and containing necessary instruments and supplies for the preparation, sanitation, or embalming of human remains for burial or transportation.(b) Licensed funeral establishments under common ownership or by contractual agreement within close geographical proximity of each other shall be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a) if at least one of the establishments has a room described in those paragraphs.(c) Except as provided in Section 7609, and except accredited mortuary science programs engaged in teaching students the art of embalming, no person shall operate or maintain or hold himself or herself out as operating or maintaining any of the facilities specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), unless he or she is licensed as a funeral director.(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a funeral establishment to conduct its business or financial transactions at the same location as its preparation or storage of human remains.(e) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to render unlawful the conduct of any ambulance service from the same premises as those on which a licensed funeral establishment is conducted, including the maintenance in connection with the funeral establishment of garages for the ambulances and living quarters for ambulance drivers.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 308, Sec. 86.5. (SB 819) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7616.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2 - Funeral Establishments and Directors|Section 7616.2.

7616.2.  A licensed funeral establishment shall at all times employ a licensed funeral director to manage, direct, or control its business or profession. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, licensed funeral establishments within close geographical proximity of each other, may request the bureau to allow a licensed funeral director to manage, direct, or control the business or profession of more than one facility.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 568, Sec. 103. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7617 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2 - Funeral Establishments and Directors|Section 7617.

7617.  The business of a licensed funeral establishment shall be conducted and engaged in at a fixed place or facility.No person, partnership, association, corporation, or other organization shall open or maintain a place or establishment at which to engage in or conduct, or hold himself or herself or itself out as engaging in or conducting, the business of a funeral establishment without a license.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1151, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7617.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2 - Funeral Establishments and Directors|Section 7617.1.

7617.1.  The applicant for a funeral establishment license, or in the case the applicant is an association, partnership, or corporation, all officers of the corporation or association or all general partners of the partnership shall be at least 18 years of age and shall not have committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 305, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7618 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2 - Funeral Establishments and Directors|Section 7618.

7618.  An application for a funeral director’s license shall be written on a form provided by the bureau, verified by the applicant, accompanied by the fee fixed by this chapter and filed at its Sacramento office.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 568, Sec. 104. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7619 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2 - Funeral Establishments and Directors|Section 7619.

7619.  The applicant for a funeral director’s license shall be at least 18 years of age, possess an associate of arts or science degree, or the equivalent, or a higher level of education as recognized by the Western Association of Colleges and Universities, or any other nationally recognized accrediting body of colleges and universities, and shall not have committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1151, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7619.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2 - Funeral Establishments and Directors|Section 7619.3.

7619.3.  No licensed funeral director shall engage in or conduct, or hold himself or herself out as engaging in or conducting, the activities of a funeral director without being employed by, or without being a sole proprietor of, a licensed funeral establishment.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1151, Sec. 7.5. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7622 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2 - Funeral Establishments and Directors|Section 7622.

7622.  Before an individual is granted a funeral director’s license, he or she shall successfully pass an examination upon the following subjects:(a) The signs of death.(b) The manner by which death may be determined.(c) The laws governing the preparation, burial and disposal of human remains, and the shipment of bodies dying from infectious or contagious diseases.(d) Local health and sanitary ordinances and regulations relating to funeral directing and embalming.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1151, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7622.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2 - Funeral Establishments and Directors|Section 7622.2.

7622.2.  A person shall not open or maintain a place or establishment at which to engage in or conduct, or hold himself, herself, or itself out as engaging in or conducting, the activities of a funeral director without a license.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 17. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7622.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2 - Funeral Establishments and Directors|Section 7622.5.

7622.5.  An applicant for examination under Section 7622 shall pay the funeral director’s examination fee fixed by this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1338.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7623 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2 - Funeral Establishments and Directors|Section 7623.

7623.  If an applicant for a funeral establishment license proposes to engage in or conduct more than one funeral establishment, the applicant shall make a separate application and procure a separate license for each separate establishment.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 305, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7624 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2 - Funeral Establishments and Directors|Section 7624.

7624.  Not more than one person, partnership, association, corporation, or other organization engaged in business as a funeral establishment shall transact business in one specific funeral facility.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1151, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7625 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2 - Funeral Establishments and Directors|Section 7625.

7625.  Upon receipt of an application for a license, the bureau shall cause an investigation to be made of the physical status or plans and specifications of the proposed funeral establishment, and of the other qualifications required of the applicant under this chapter, and for this purpose may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and take testimony.The bureau shall grant a license if it finds that the proposed funeral establishment is or will be constructed and equipped as required by this chapter and that the applicant is qualified in all other respects as required by this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 568, Sec. 107. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7626 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2 - Funeral Establishments and Directors|Section 7626.

7626.  The bureau shall examine and pass upon the qualifications of the applicant as to ability and experience before passing upon the physical status or plans and specifications of the proposed funeral establishment.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 568, Sec. 108. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7626.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2 - Funeral Establishments and Directors|Section 7626.5.

7626.5.  Where a hearing is held to determine whether an application for a license should be granted, the proceeding shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the bureau shall have all of the powers granted therein.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 568, Sec. 109. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7627 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2 - Funeral Establishments and Directors|Section 7627.

7627.  Every application for a funeral director’s license under this article shall be granted or refused within ninety days from the date of the filing of the application or within thirty days after the close of the hearing upon the application, in case a hearing is held.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 39.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7628 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2 - Funeral Establishments and Directors|Section 7628.

7628.  Any person, partnership, association, corporation, or other organization desiring to change the location of a licensed funeral establishment shall apply therefor on forms furnished by the bureau and shall include a fee fixed by this chapter.The application shall be granted by the bureau upon the filing with the bureau of a favorable report from an inspector concerning the physical status or plans and specifications of the proposed licensed funeral establishment to the effect that it conforms to the requirements of this article.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 568, Sec. 110. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7629 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2 - Funeral Establishments and Directors|Section 7629.

7629.  No funeral establishment shall be conducted or held forth as being conducted or advertised as being conducted under any name which might tend to mislead the public or which would be sufficiently like the name of any other licensed funeral establishment so as to constitute an unfair method of competition.Any funeral director desiring to change the name appearing on his or her license may do so by applying to the bureau and paying the fee fixed by this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 308, Sec. 87. (SB 819) Effective January 1, 2010.)