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NC Gen Stat § 90-210.95 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 13E - Mutual Burial Associations.|§ 90-210.95 - Bond of secretary or secretary-treasurer of burial associations.

 90-210.95. Bond of secretary or secretary-treasurer of burial associations.The secretary or secretary-treasurer of each burial association shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, and for the faithful performance thereof, execute a bond payable to the Board of Funeral Service as trustee for the burial association in some bonding company licensed to do business in this State, to be approved by the Board of Funeral Service. Said bond shall be in an amount not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), in the discretion of the Board, for those associations whose assets, as determined by the Board's audit, are ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or less. For those associations whose assets, as determined by the Board's audit, are in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), said bond shall be in an amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) plus twenty-five per centum (25%) of all assets over ten thousand dollars ($10,000); provided, however, that the bond required by this section shall not in any event exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). If any association operates a branch or subsidiary and the officers of both associations are the same, for purposes of this section, it shall be treated as one association. Any burial association, with the consent of the Board of Funeral Service, may give a bond secured by a deed of trust on real estate situated in North Carolina, in lieu of procuring said bond from a bonding company. The bond thus given shall not be acceptable in excess of the ad valorem tax value for the current year of the real estate securing said bond. The deed of trust shall be recorded in the county or counties wherein the land lies and shall be deposited with the Board of Funeral Service, name the Board as trustee for the burial association and must constitute a first lien on the property secured by the deed of trust. Said deed of trust shall contain a description of the encumbered property by metes and bounds together with evidence by title insurance policy or by certificate of an attorney-at-law, certifying that said trustor is the owner of a marketable fee simple title to such lands. (1941, c. 130, s. 15; 1943, c. 272, s. 5; 1967, c. 985, s. 2; 1975, c. 837; 1987, c. 864, s. 12; 1997-313, s. 5; 2003-420, ss. 1, 17(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 90-210.96 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 13E - Mutual Burial Associations.|§ 90-210.96 - Assessments.

 90-210.96. Assessments.Every burial association now or hereinafter organized shall make 12 assessments, or their equivalent, per year per member. The Board of Funeral Service shall order any association to make more than 12 assessments per year when, after notice and hearing, it shall appear to the Board of Funeral Service that the death loss of any association so requires in order to protect the interest of the members. (1943, c. 272, s. 6; 1969, c. 1041, s. 1; 1971, c. 650; 1975, c. 837; 1987, c. 864, s. 12; 1997-313, s. 5; 2003-420, ss. 1, 17(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 90-210.97 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 13E - Mutual Burial Associations.|§ 90-210.97 - Making false or fraudulent statement a misdemeanor.

 90-210.97. Making false or fraudulent statement a misdemeanor.Any officer or employee of any burial association authorized to do business under this Article, who shall knowingly or willfully make any false or fraudulent statement or representation in or with reference to any application for membership or for the purpose of obtaining money or any benefit from any burial association transacting business under this Article, or who shall make any false financial statement to the Board of Funeral Service or to the membership of the burial association of which such person is an officer or employee shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1943, c. 272, s. 6; 1975, c. 837; 1987, c. 864, s. 12; 1993, c. 539, s. 1049; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1997-313, s. 5; 2003-420, ss. 1, 17(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 90-210.98 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 13E - Mutual Burial Associations.|§ 90-210.98 - Statewide organization of associations.

 90-210.98. Statewide organization of associations.It shall be lawful for the several mutual burial associations of the State of North Carolina, in good standing, to organize and provide for a statewide organization of mutual burial associations, which organization shall be for the mutual and general suggestive control of mutual burial associations in the State of North Carolina. Such organization shall be known as the North Carolina Burial Association, Incorporated, and shall be composed of members who are lawfully operating burial associations in this State and who pay their dues to such association. (1941, c. 130, s. 16; 1975, c. 837; 1987, c. 864, s. 12; 2003-420, s. 17(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 90-210.99 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 13E - Mutual Burial Associations.|§ 90-210.99 - Article deemed exclusive authority for organization, etc., of mutual burial associations.

 90-210.99. Article deemed exclusive authority for organization, etc., of mutual burial associations.This Article shall be deemed and held exclusive authority for the organization and operation of mutual burial associations within the State of North Carolina, and such associations shall not be subject to any other laws respecting insurance companies of any class. (1941, c. 130, s. 17; 1975, c. 837; 1987, c. 864, s. 12; 2003-420, s. 17(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 90-210.100 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 13E - Mutual Burial Associations.|§ 90-210.100 - Operation of association in violation of law prohibited.

 90-210.100. Operation of association in violation of law prohibited.No person, firm or corporation shall operate as a burial association in this State unless incorporated under the laws of the State of North Carolina and unless such association shall be operated in compliance with all the provisions of this Article, and unless such association shall be licensed and approved by the Board of Funeral Service. (1941, c. 130, s. 18; 1975, c. 837; 1987, c. 864, s. 12; 1997-313, s. 5; 2003-420, ss. 1, 17(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 90-210.101 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 13E - Mutual Burial Associations.|§ 90-210.101 - Member of Armed Forces failing to pay assessments; reinstatement.

 90-210.101. Member of Armed Forces failing to pay assessments; reinstatement.If a member of a burial association who is in the Armed Forces of the United States fails to pay any assessment, the member shall be in bad standing, and unless and until restored, shall not be entitled to benefits. However, the member shall be reinstated in the burial association upon application made by the member at any time until 12 months after the member's discharge from the Armed Forces of the United States, notwithstanding the member's physical condition and without the payment of assessments which have become due during the member's service in the Armed Forces of the United States. Benefits will be in force immediately after such reinstatement.  (1943, c. 732, s. 2; 1975, c. 837; 1987, c. 864, s. 12; 2003-420, s. 17(b); 2011-183, s. 64.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-210.102 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 13E - Mutual Burial Associations.|§ 90-210.102 - Hearing by Board of dispute over liability for funeral benefits; appeal.

 90-210.102. Hearing by Board of dispute over liability for funeral benefits; appeal.In case of a disagreement between the representative of a deceased member of any burial association and such deceased member's burial association a hearing may be held by the Board of Funeral Service, on request of either party, to determine whether the association is liable for the benefits set forth in the policy issued to the said deceased member of said burial association. The Board of Funeral Service shall render a decision which shall have the same force and effect as judgments rendered by courts of competent jurisdiction in North Carolina. Either party may appeal from the decision of the Board of Funeral Service. Appeal shall be to the district court division of the General Court of Justice in the county in which the burial association is located. The procedure for appeal shall be the same as the appeal procedure set forth in Article 19 of Chapter 7A of the General Statutes of North Carolina regulating appeals from the magistrate to the district court. (1947, c. 100, s. 5; 1975, c. 837; 1987, c. 864, s. 12; 1997-313, s. 5; 2003-420, ss. 1, 17(b); 2007-531, s. 16.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-210.103 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 13E - Mutual Burial Associations.|§ 90-210.103 - Board authorized to subpoena witnesses, administer oaths and compel attendance at hearings.

 90-210.103. Board authorized to subpoena witnesses, administer oaths and compel attendance at hearings.For the purpose of holding hearings the Board of Funeral Service shall have power to subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and compel attendance of witnesses and parties. (1957, c. 820, s. 2; 1975, c. 837; 1987, c. 864, s. 12; 1997-313, s. 5; 2003-420, ss. 1, 17(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 90-210.104 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 13E - Mutual Burial Associations.|§ 90-210.104 - Authority of Board to examine financial records.

 90-210.104. Authority of Board to examine financial records.The Board of Funeral Service shall have authority to examine all records relating to a burial association's financial condition wherever such records are located, including records maintained by any corporation, building and loan association, savings and loan association, credit union, or other legal entity organized and operating pursuant to the authority contained in Chapters 53 and 54 of the General Statutes. (1977, c. 748, s. 4; 1987, c. 864, s. 12; 1997-313, s. 5; 2003-420, ss. 1, 17(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 90-210.105 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 13E - Mutual Burial Associations.|§ 90-210.105 - Board authorized to freeze certain funds of Association.

 90-210.105. Board authorized to freeze certain funds of Association.Whenever in the opinion of the Board of Funeral Service it deems it necessary for the protection of the interest of members of a burial association, it shall have authority by written order to direct that the funds of any burial association on deposit in any institution organized and operating under Chapters 53 and 54 of the General Statutes be frozen and not paid out by such legal entity. Any legal entity freezing the funds of a burial association pursuant to the directive of the Board of Funeral Service shall not be liable to any burial association for freezing said account pursuant to the order of the Board. (1977, c. 748, s. 5; 1987, c. 864, s. 12; 1997-313, ss. 5, 6; 2003-420, ss. 1, 17(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 90-210.106 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 13E - Mutual Burial Associations.|§ 90-210.106 - Authority of foreign or domestic mutual burial association or domestic or foreign insurance company to purchase, merge or consolidate with North Carolina mutual burial associations.

 90-210.106. Authority of foreign or domestic mutual burial association or domestic or foreign insurance company to purchase, merge or consolidate with North Carolina mutual burial associations.(a) Any mutual burial association or insurance company operating pursuant to the laws of this State or any other state may purchase the assets of, merge, or consolidate with a North Carolina chartered mutual burial association in accordance with the laws of this State and any rules promulgated by the Board of Funeral Service to protect the interest of members of mutual burial associations prior to the purchase, merger, or consolidation of the association.(b) Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 55 or Chapter 55A, any domestic or foreign insurance company which if organized in North Carolina would have to be organized under Chapter 55 may merge or consolidate with any domestic mutual burial association. When a domestic or foreign insurance company consolidates or merges with a domestic mutual burial association and sells insurance or burial benefits in excess of two hundred dollars ($200.00), it shall be subject to all of the provisions of the insurance laws of North Carolina.(c) If the assets and liabilities of a North Carolina mutual burial association are purchased, and no merger, consolidation or dissolution is effectuated in connection with the purchase, the management and administrative operations of the North Carolina mutual burial association shall be transferred to the purchasing entity.(d) In any purchase, merger, or consolidation pursuant to this section, the membership of the mutual burial association shall be guaranteed coverage in the amounts held by each member at the time of such purchase, merger, or consolidation. During the life of the member, this coverage shall not exceed the annual rate charged by the mutual burial association that is being purchased, merged, or consolidated. An insurance company which purchases, merges with, or consolidates with a North Carolina mutual burial association shall establish and maintain life insurance reserves in accordance with the insurance laws of North Carolina for those burial insurance policies existing at the time of the purchase, merger, or consolidation. A North Carolina mutual burial association or foreign mutual burial association which purchases, merges with, or consolidates with a North Carolina mutual burial association shall establish and maintain burial insurance reserves in accordance with the burial insurance laws of North Carolina for those burial insurance policies existing at the time of the purchase, merger, or consolidation. (1981, c. 989, s. 5; 1983, c. 766; 1987, c. 864, s. 12; 1997-313, s. 5; 2003-420, ss. 1, 17(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 90-210.120 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 13F - Cremations.|§ 90-210.120 - Short title.

 90-210.120. Short title.This Article shall be known and may be cited as the North Carolina Crematory Act. (1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 988, s. 1; 2003-420, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-210.127 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 13F - Cremations.|§ 90-210.127 - Record keeping.

 90-210.127. Record keeping.(a) The crematory licensee shall furnish to the person who delivers such human remains to the crematory licensee a receipt, signed by both the crematory licensee and the person who delivers the human remains, showing the date and time of the delivery; the type of casket or cremation container that was delivered; the name of the person from whom the human remains were received and the name of the funeral establishment or other entity with whom such person is affiliated; the name of the person who received the human remains on behalf of the crematory licensee; and the name of the decedent. The crematory licensee shall retain a copy of this receipt in its permanent records for three years.(b) Upon its release of cremated remains, the crematory licensee shall furnish to the person who receives such cremated remains from the crematory licensee a receipt, signed by both the crematory licensee and the person who receives the cremated remains, showing the date and time of the release; the name of the person to whom the cremated remains were released and the name of the funeral establishment, cemetery, or other entity with whom such person is affiliated; the name of the person who released the cremated remains on behalf of the crematory licensee; and the name of the decedent. The crematory shall retain a copy of this receipt in its permanent records for three years.(c) A crematory licensee shall maintain at its place of business a record of all forms required by the Board of each cremation that took place at its facility for three years.(d) The crematory licensee shall maintain a record for three years of all cremated remains disposed of by the crematory licensee in accordance with G.S. 90-210.126(d).(e) Upon completion of the cremation, the crematory licensee shall issue a certificate of cremation.(f) All records that are required to be maintained under this Article shall be subject to inspection by the Board or its agents upon request. (1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 988, s. 1; 1997-399, s. 18; 2003-420, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-210.128 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 13F - Cremations.|§ 90-210.128 - Cremation containers.

 90-210.128. Cremation containers.(a) No crematory licensee shall make or enforce any rules requiring that any human remains be placed in a casket before cremation or that human remains be cremated in a casket, nor shall any crematory licensee refuse to accept human remains for cremation for the reason that they are not in a casket.(b) No crematory licensee shall make or enforce any rules requiring that any cremated remains be placed in an urn or receptacle designed to permanently encase the cremated remains after the cremation process has been performed. (2003-420, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-210.131 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 13F - Cremations.|§ 90-210.131 - Limitation of liability.

 90-210.131. Limitation of liability.(a) Any person signing a cremation authorization form as authorizing agent shall be deemed to warrant the truthfulness of any facts set forth in the cremation authorization form, including the identity of the deceased whose remains are sought to be cremated and that person's authority to order such cremation.(b) A crematory licensee shall have authority to cremate human remains only upon the receipt of a cremation authorization form signed by an authorizing agent. There shall be no liability of a crematory licensee that cremates human remains pursuant to such authorization or that releases or disposes of the cremated remains pursuant to such authorization. A crematory licensee and funeral establishment or licensee thereof who causes the crematory licensee to act shall have no liability for the final disposition or manner in which the cremated remains are handled after the cremated remains are released in accordance with the directions of the authorizing agent.(c) A crematory licensee shall not be responsible or liable for any valuables delivered to the crematory licensee with human remains.(d) A crematory licensee shall not be liable for refusing to accept a body or to perform a cremation until it receives a court order or other suitable confirmation that a dispute has been settled if:(1) It is aware of any dispute concerning the cremation of human remains;(2) It has a reasonable basis for questioning any of the representations made by the authorizing agent; or(3) For any other lawful reason.(e) If a crematory licensee is aware of any dispute concerning the release or disposition of the cremated remains, the crematory licensee may refuse to release the cremated remains until the dispute has been resolved or the crematory licensee has been provided with a court order authorizing the release or disposition of the cremated remains. A crematory licensee shall not be liable for refusing to release or dispose of cremated remains in accordance with this subsection. A crematory licensee may charge a reasonable storage fee if the dispute is not resolved within 30 days after it is received by the crematory licensee. (1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 988, s. 1; 1997-399, s. 21; 2003-420, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-210.132 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 13F - Cremations.|§ 90-210.132 - Fees.

 90-210.132. Fees.(a) By rule, the Board may set and collect fees from crematory and hydrolysis licensees, crematory and hydrolysis manager permit holders, and applicants not to exceed the following amounts:(1)....... Licensee application fee............................................................. $400.00(2)....... Annual renewal fee....................................................................... 150.00(3)....... Late renewal fee............................................................................. 75.00(4)....... Reinspection fee........................................................................... 150.00(5)....... Per cremation or hydrolysis fee...................................................... 10.00(6)....... Late fee, per cremation or hydrolysis............................................. 10.00(7)....... Late fee, cremation or hydrolysis report....................... 75.00 per month(8)....... Crematory or hydrolysis manager permit application fee............ 150.00(9)....... Annual crematory or hydrolysis manager permit renewal fee...... 40.00.(b) The funds collected pursuant to this Article shall become part of the general fund of the Board.  (1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 988, s. 1; 1997-399, s. 22; 2003-420, s. 2; 2018-78, s. 18.)
NC Gen Stat § 90-210.133 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations|Article 13F - Cremations.|§ 90-210.133 - Crematory licensee rights.

 90-210.133. Crematory licensee rights.(a) A crematory licensee may adopt reasonable rules consistent with this Article for the management and operation of a crematory. Nothing in this subsection may be construed to prevent a crematory licensee from adopting rules which are more stringent than the provisions of this Article.(b) Nothing in this Article may be construed to relieve the crematory licensee from obtaining any other licenses or permits required by law.(c) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit or require the performance of cremations by crematory licensees or crematory managers for or directly with the public or exclusively for or through licensed funeral directors. (1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 988, s. 1; 2003-420, s. 2.)