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FL Stat § 497.452 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations|Chapter 497 - Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services|Part IV - Preneed Sales (Ss. 497.450-497.468)|497.452 - Preneed license required.

497.452 Preneed license required.—(1)(a) No person, including any cemetery exempt under s. 497.260, may sell, advertise to sell, or make an arrangement for a preneed contract without first having a valid preneed license.(b) No person, including any cemetery exempt under s. 497.260, may sell, advertise to sell, or make an arrangement for services, merchandise, or burial rights on a preneed basis unless such person is authorized pursuant to this chapter to provide such services, merchandise, or burial rights on an at-need basis.(2)(a) No person may receive any funds for payment on a preneed contract who does not hold a valid preneed license.(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a trust company, to a national or state bank holding trust powers, or to a federal or state savings and loan association having trust powers which company, bank, or association receives any money in trust pursuant to the sale of a preneed contract.(3) No person may obtain a preneed license under this chapter for the preneed sale of merchandise or services unless such person or its agent, in the case of a corporate entity, holds a license as a funeral establishment, cemetery company, direct disposal establishment, or monument establishment.(4) The provisions of this section do not apply to religious-institution-owned cemeteries exempt under s. 497.260(1)(d), in counties with a population of at least 960,000 persons on July 1, 1996, with respect to the sale to the religious institution’s members and their families of interment rights, mausoleums, crypts, cremation niches, cremation interment containers, vaults, liners, urns, memorials, vases, foundations, memorial bases, floral arrangements, monuments, markers, engraving, and the opening and closing of interment rights, mausoleums, crypts, cremation niches, and cremation interment containers, if such cemeteries have engaged in the sale of preneed contracts prior to October 1, 1993, and maintain a positive net worth at the end of each fiscal year of the cemetery.History.—s. 4, ch. 28211, 1953; s. 24, ch. 57-1; s. 5, ch. 65-393; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 77-438; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 3, 31, 32, ch. 83-316; s. 3, ch. 88-139; ss. 92, 122, ch. 93-399; s. 19, ch. 96-400; s. 9, ch. 2000-195; s. 8, ch. 2001-120; s. 101, ch. 2004-301; s. 18, ch. 2016-172; s. 8, ch. 2019-140.Note.—Former s. 639.09; s. 497.405.
FL Stat § 497.454 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations|Chapter 497 - Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services|Part IV - Preneed Sales (Ss. 497.450-497.468)|497.454 - Approval of preneed contract and related forms.

497.454 Approval of preneed contract and related forms.—(1) Preneed contract forms and related forms shall be filed with and approved by the licensing authority before use, pursuant to procedures specified by rule. The licensing authority may not approve any electronic or paper preneed contract that does not provide for sequential prenumbering thereon.(2) A form filed for approval under this section shall be approved unless it is determined that it:(a) Is in any respect in violation of, or does not comply with, this chapter.(b) Contains, or incorporates by reference any inconsistent, ambiguous, or misleading clauses, or exceptions and conditions which deceptively affect the benefits purportedly provided to the customer in the general terms of the contract.(c) Has any title, heading, or other indication of its contents which is misleading.(d) Is printed or otherwise reproduced in such manner as to render any material provision substantially illegible, or contains variations in print size which de-emphasize provisions which limit or restrict the customer’s rights under the contract.(e) Contains provisions that are unfair or inequitable or contrary to the public policy of this state or that encourage misrepresentation.(f) Does not provide for the specification in reasonable detail of the type, size, and design of merchandise and the description of service to be delivered or performed.History.—ss. 5, 32, ch. 83-316; s. 5, ch. 88-139; ss. 94, 122, ch. 93-399; s. 103, ch. 2004-301; s. 19, ch. 2016-172.Note.—Former s. 639.105; s. 497.409.
FL Stat § 497.455 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations|Chapter 497 - Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services|Part IV - Preneed Sales (Ss. 497.450-497.468)|497.455 - Nonconforming contracts.

497.455 Nonconforming contracts.—Any preneed contract that requires the moneys paid to the seller or trustee to be placed in trust and fails to comply with s. 497.458 shall comply with and be construed under s. 497.464.History.—ss. 6, 17, ch. 88-139; ss. 95, 122, ch. 93-399; s. 104, ch. 2004-301.Note.—Former s. 639.107; s. 497.411.
FL Stat § 497.4555 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations|Chapter 497 - Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services|Part IV - Preneed Sales (Ss. 497.450-497.468)|497.4555 - Charges for preneed contract.

497.4555 Charges for preneed contract.—A preneed licensee may charge the purchaser of a preneed contract for processing, filing, and archiving the contract and for performing other administrative duties related to the contract. A preneed licensee must disclose these charges to the purchaser and include them on its standard printed price lists and other disclosure information provided to the public under s. 497.468. These charges are not subject to the trust deposit requirements in s. 497.458. The department may, subject to approval by the board, adopt rules to administer this section.History.—s. 23, ch. 2010-125.
FL Stat § 497.457 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations|Chapter 497 - Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services|Part IV - Preneed Sales (Ss. 497.450-497.468)|497.457 - Ownership of proceeds received on contracts.

497.457 Ownership of proceeds received on contracts.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this chapter, all funds paid pursuant to a preneed contract by a purchaser to a preneed licensee shall be the sole property of, and within the full dominion and control of, said preneed licensee.(2) Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the relationship between the purchaser of a preneed contract and a preneed licensee shall be deemed for all purposes as a debtor-creditor relationship.History.—ss. 8, 17, ch. 88-139; ss. 97, 122, ch. 93-399; s. 106, ch. 2004-301.Note.—Former s. 639.109; s. 497.415.
FL Stat § 497.460 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations|Chapter 497 - Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services|Part IV - Preneed Sales (Ss. 497.450-497.468)|497.460 - Payment of funds upon death of named beneficiary.

497.460 Payment of funds upon death of named beneficiary.—Disbursements of funds discharging any preneed contract fulfilled after September 30, 1993, shall be made by the trustee to the preneed licensee upon receipt of a certified copy of the death certificate of the contract beneficiary or satisfactory evidence as established by rule of the licensing authority that the preneed contract has been performed in whole or in part. However, if the contract is only partially performed, the disbursement shall only cover the fair market value of that portion of the contract performed. In the event of any contract default by the contract purchaser, or in the event that the funeral merchandise or service or burial merchandise or service contracted for is not provided or is not desired by the legally authorized person, the trustee shall return, within 30 days after its receipt of a written request therefor, funds paid on the contract to the preneed licensee or to its assigns, subject to s. 497.459.History.—s. 9, ch. 28211, 1953; s. 11, ch. 65-393; s. 7, ch. 77-438; s. 2, ch. 78-276; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 8, 31, 32, ch. 83-316; s. 11, ch. 88-139; ss. 100, 122, ch. 93-399; s. 24, ch. 96-400; s. 109, ch. 2004-301; s. 23, ch. 2016-172.Note.—Former s. 639.14; s. 497.421.
FL Stat § 497.463 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations|Chapter 497 - Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services|Part IV - Preneed Sales (Ss. 497.450-497.468)|497.463 - Existing merchandise trust funds; proof of compliance with law.

497.463 Existing merchandise trust funds; proof of compliance with law.—The preneed licensee shall present to the licensing authority prior to the implementation of the alternatives provided in s. 497.462 documentation which demonstrates that the existing merchandise trust fund complies with the law and that the elected alternative plan conforms to the requirements of this chapter.History.—ss. 9, 10, ch. 88-227; s. 1, ch. 89-8; ss. 78, 122, ch. 93-399; s. 112, ch. 2004-301.Note.—Former s. 497.049; s. 497.427.
FL Stat § 497.467 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations|Chapter 497 - Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services|Part IV - Preneed Sales (Ss. 497.450-497.468)|497.467 - Acceptability of funeral and burial merchandise.

497.467 Acceptability of funeral and burial merchandise.—Each person who engages in preneed sales of funeral or burial merchandise shall determine, and notify the purchaser in writing prior to the completion of the contract, that the merchandise being considered for purchase will be accepted in the cemetery of the purchaser’s choice. The failure to comply with this chapter shall nullify the agreement, and all moneys paid in shall be returned, notwithstanding the existence of any liquidated damages provision otherwise applicable by contract or statute.History.—s. 13, ch. 77-438; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 21, 31, 32, ch. 83-316; ss. 108, 122, ch. 93-399; s. 116, ch. 2004-301.Note.—Former s. 639.21; s. 497.441.
FL Stat § 497.551 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations|Chapter 497 - Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services|Part V - Monument Establishments (Ss. 497.550-497.555)|497.551 - Renewal of monument establishment licensure.

497.551 Renewal of monument establishment licensure.—(1) A monument establishment license shall be renewed biennially by the licensee.(2) A monument establishment licensee shall renew its monument establishment license by payment of a renewal fee established by rule not to exceed $250.(3) Rules may be adopted providing procedures, forms, and uniform timeframes for monument establishment license renewals.History.—s. 119, ch. 2004-301; s. 101, ch. 2005-2; s. 41, ch. 2005-155.
FL Stat § 497.552 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations|Chapter 497 - Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services|Part V - Monument Establishments (Ss. 497.550-497.555)|497.552 - Required facilities.

497.552 Required facilities.—A monument establishment shall at all times have and maintain a full-service place of business at a specific street address or location in Florida complying with the following requirements:(1) It shall include an office for the conduct of its business including the reception of customers.(2) It shall include a display area in which is displayed a selection of monuments, markers, and related products for inspection by customers prior to sale.(3) Its office and display area shall normally be open to the public weekdays during normal business hours.(4) It shall have facilities on site for inscribing monuments and equipment to deliver and install markers and monuments.(5) It shall comply with any local government zoning regulations and may not be located on tax-exempt property.History.—s. 120, ch. 2004-301; s. 42, ch. 2005-155; s. 74, ch. 2018-110.
FL Stat § 497.555 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations|Chapter 497 - Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services|Part V - Monument Establishments (Ss. 497.550-497.555)|497.555 - Required rules.

497.555 Required rules.—Rules shall be adopted establishing minimum standards for access to all cemeteries by licensed monument establishments for the purpose of delivering and installing markers and monuments. In all cases, cemeteries and monument establishments shall comply with these minimum standards.History.—s. 123, ch. 2004-301; s. 45, ch. 2005-155.
FL Stat § 497.601 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations|Chapter 497 - Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services|Part VI - Cremation, Crematories, and Direct Disposition (Ss. 497.601-497.609)|497.601 - Direct disposition; duties.

497.601 Direct disposition; duties.—(1) Those individuals licensed as direct disposers may perform only those functions set forth below:(a) Remove human remains from the place of death and store human remains in registered direct disposal establishments.(b) Secure pertinent information from a legally authorized person in order to complete the death certificate and to file for the necessary permits for disposition.(c) Obtain the necessary permits for direct disposition and arrange for obituaries and death notices to be placed in newspapers; provided, however, that the name of the direct disposal establishment may not appear in any death notice or obituary if any funeral service, memorial service, or graveside service is to take place and such service is mentioned in the death notice or obituary.(d) Refrigerate human remains prior to direct disposition and transport human remains to a direct disposal establishment for direct disposition.(e) Contract with a removal service or refrigeration facility to provide such services or facilities to a direct disposal establishment.(2) Direct disposers or funeral directors functioning as direct disposers may not, in their capacity as direct disposers, sell, conduct, or arrange for burials, funeral services, memorial services, visitations, or viewings; hold themselves out to the public as funeral directors; or use any name, title, or advertisement that may tend to connote that they are funeral directors. These prohibitions shall apply regardless of the fact that such individuals may be licensed as funeral directors.(3) Provided that direct disposers limit their activities to those functions set forth in subsection (1), those activities shall not be deemed to constitute funeral directing or embalming or the functions performed by a funeral director or embalmer as otherwise set forth in this chapter.History.—s. 15, ch. 93-399; s. 67, ch. 94-119; s. 126, ch. 2004-301; s. 29, ch. 2016-172.Note.—Former s. 470.0165.
FL Stat § 497.603 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations|Chapter 497 - Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services|Part VI - Cremation, Crematories, and Direct Disposition (Ss. 497.601-497.609)|497.603 - Direct disposers, renewal of license.

497.603 Direct disposers, renewal of license.—(1) A direct disposer’s license shall be renewed upon receipt of the renewal application and fee set by rule of the licensing authority but not to exceed $500.(2) The licensing authority shall adopt rules establishing procedures, forms, and a schedule for the biennial renewal of direct disposer licenses. The rules shall require continuing education of up to 6 classroom hours, including, but not limited to, a course on communicable diseases approved by the licensing authority, and may establish criteria for accepting alternative nonclassroom continuing education on an hour-for-hour basis.History.—ss. 1, 5, ch. 79-231; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 1, ch. 89-8; ss. 17, 122, ch. 93-399; s. 211, ch. 94-119; s. 6, ch. 98-298; s. 27, ch. 2000-356; s. 128, ch. 2004-301; s. 102, ch. 2005-2; s. 47, ch. 2005-155; s. 27, ch. 2010-125.Note.—Former s. 470.018.
FL Stat § 497.605 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations|Chapter 497 - Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services|Part VI - Cremation, Crematories, and Direct Disposition (Ss. 497.601-497.609)|497.605 - Direct disposition not funeral directing.

497.605 Direct disposition not funeral directing.—The duties, functions, and services performed by a direct disposer licensee, as provided by this chapter, shall not be deemed to constitute funeral directing or embalming or the duties, functions, or services performed by a funeral director or embalmer as otherwise defined and provided by this chapter.History.—ss. 1, 5, ch. 79-231; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 1, ch. 89-8; s. 122, ch. 93-399; s. 130, ch. 2004-301.Note.—Former s. 470.022.
FL Stat § 497.608 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations|Chapter 497 - Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services|Part VI - Cremation, Crematories, and Direct Disposition (Ss. 497.601-497.609)|497.608 - Liability for unintentional commingling of the residue of the cremation process.

497.608 Liability for unintentional commingling of the residue of the cremation process.—(1) The Legislature recognizes that the unintentional or incidental commingling of the residue of the cremation of human remains is an inevitable byproduct of the cremation process in a cinerator retort or cremation chamber.(2) The operator of a cinerator facility shall establish written procedures for the removal of cremated remains, to the extent possible, resulting from the cremation of a human body and the postcremation processing, shipping, packing, or identifying of those remains. The operator of a cinerator facility shall file its written procedures, and any revisions to those written procedures, with the licensing authority for its approval, and the cremation facility shall not be operated unless it has and follows such written procedures approved by the licensing authority; provided, the licensing authority may adopt by rule standard uniform procedures for the removal of such cremated remains, which may be adopted by any cinerator facility in lieu of promulgating, filing, and obtaining approval of procedures. A cinerator facility choosing to utilize standard uniform procedures specified by rule shall file notice of its choice with the licensing authority pursuant to procedures and forms specified by rule.(3) If an operator follows the procedures set forth in written procedures filed with and approved by the licensing authority, or adopts and follows the standard uniform procedures adopted by the licensing authority, the operator shall not be liable for the unintentional or the incidental commingling of cremated remains resulting from more than one cremation cycle or from postcremation processing, shipping, packing, or identifying those remains.(4) A copy of the procedures being utilized by a cinerator facility shall be provided by the cinerator facility, upon request, to customers and their representatives, the department, and other legally authorized persons.History.—s. 133, ch. 2004-301; s. 104, ch. 2005-2; s. 76, ch. 2018-110.
FL Stat § 497.609 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations|Chapter 497 - Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services|Part VI - Cremation, Crematories, and Direct Disposition (Ss. 497.601-497.609)|497.609 - Liability of direct disposers, direct disposal establishments, funeral directors, funeral establishments, and cinerator facilities regarding cremation.

497.609 Liability of direct disposers, direct disposal establishments, funeral directors, funeral establishments, and cinerator facilities regarding cremation.—If a direct disposer, direct disposal establishment, funeral director, funeral establishment, or cinerator facility is given a copy of the deceased’s declaration of intent to be cremated that is signed by the deceased and the deceased’s human remains are subsequently cremated, or a court order directing the cremation of the deceased’s human remains, no person may make a claim objecting to the cremation against that direct disposer, direct disposal establishment, funeral director, funeral establishment, or cinerator facility. If a direct disposer, direct disposal establishment, funeral director, funeral establishment, or cinerator facility performs a cremation pursuant to the authorization of a legally authorized person who represents that she or he is not aware of any objection to the cremation of the deceased’s human remains by others in the same class of the person making the representation or of any person in a higher priority class, and the deceased’s human remains are subsequently cremated, no person may make a claim objecting to the cremation against that direct disposer, direct disposal establishment, funeral director, funeral establishment, or cinerator facility.History.—s. 11, ch. 2007-55.
FL Stat § 499.001 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations|Chapter 499 - Florida Drug and Cosmetic Act|Part I - Drugs; Devices; Cosmetics; Household Products (Ss. 499.001-499.067)|499.001 - Florida Drug and Cosmetic Act; short title.

499.001 Florida Drug and Cosmetic Act; short title.—Sections 499.001-499.94 may be cited as the “Florida Drug and Cosmetic Act.”History.—s. 34, ch. 82-225; s. 1, ch. 83-265; s. 1, ch. 86-133; ss. 1, 52, ch. 92-69; s. 122, ch. 2014-17; s. 1, ch. 2014-89.