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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 6. Expiration of Licenses; Renewal of Licenses; Continuing Education › 25-15-6-6. Repealed

As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.194-2005, SEC.56; P.L.157-2006, SEC.59. Repealed by P.L.105-2008, SEC.67.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations › 25-15-8-3. Repealed

As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.48-1991, SEC.30. Repealed by P.L.214-1993, SEC.91.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations › 25-15-8-4. Selling Funeral Goods or Services; Grounds for Discipline

Sec. 4. A practitioner who, when selling or offering to sell funeral goods or funeral services to a consumer, fails to:
(1) act compassionately;
(2) disclose prices related to arranging a funeral;
(3) answer questions, including telephone inquiries, accurately and to the reasonable satisfaction of the inquiring person;
(4) disclose that embalming human remains is not always required by law but may be desirable if viewing or visitation precedes disposition;
(5) explain which outer burial containers meet cemetery requirements, if any;
(6) explain requirements, including cremation requirements, for caskets and other alternative containers; or
(7) disclose whether the cash advance price of each:
(A) funeral goods or funeral service described by the practitioner as "cash advance", "accommodation", or "cash disbursement", or a similar term; and
(B) goods or service obtained from a third party and paid on behalf of the consumer by the funeral home licensee for which the practitioner is an agent;
is equal to the cost of the item to the funeral home selling it;
may be disciplined under IC 25-1-11.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.207-1993, SEC.10; P.L.214-1993, SEC.49.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations › 25-15-8-5. Statements of Price and Terms; Grounds for Discipline

Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to a practitioner acting as an exempted person.
(b) A practitioner who, when selling funeral goods or services to a consumer, fails to give the consumer a written statement signed on behalf of a funeral home licensee by a funeral director that includes:
(1) an itemized description of each funeral goods and funeral service for which the consumer has contracted and either the price of each item or the package price for all of the items;
(2) an itemized description of any supplemental goods and services that the consumer has the option to purchase from the funeral home licensee and the price for each item;
(3) an indication of the contract items on which the funeral home licensee is advancing credit and the amount of the credit being advanced;
(4) the total cost to the consumer of the contract items; and
(5) a description of the method of payment agreed upon;
may be disciplined under IC 25-1-11.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.207-1993, SEC.11; P.L.214-1993, SEC.50.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations › 25-15-8-6. Practitioners of Funeral Services; Grounds for Discipline

Sec. 6. (a) This section does not apply to a practitioner who is acting as an exempted person or an embalmer.
(b) A practitioner who engages in the practice of funeral service may be disciplined under IC 25-1-11 if the practitioner:
(1) does not act as the agent of one (1) or more funeral home licensees;
(2) fails to register with the board in which funeral homes the practitioner is performing services and for which funeral home licensees the practitioner is an agent; or
(3) fails to notify the board to cancel a registration described in subdivision (2), if the practitioner ceases to perform services in a funeral home or for a funeral home licensee.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.207-1993, SEC.12; P.L.214-1993, SEC.51.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations › 25-15-8-7. Notice of Change in Practitioner's Name or Address

Sec. 7. A practitioner who fails to notify the board of a change in the practitioner's name or principal address of residence within thirty (30) days after the change may be disciplined under IC 25-1-11.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.207-1993, SEC.13; P.L.214-1993, SEC.52.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations › 25-15-8-8. Funeral Director Interns

Sec. 8. (a) This section does not apply to a funeral director intern who is acting as an exempted person.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a funeral director intern may engage in the practice of funeral service or provide funeral services to the public if the funeral director intern is acting under the direct supervision of a person holding a funeral director's license. Direct supervision means that:
(1) a licensed funeral director supervising an intern who is performing duties not requiring counseling is physically present in the facility where the intern is performing the duties; or
(2) a funeral director supervising an intern who is counseling is physically present in the same room with the intern and counselee.
(c) A funeral director intern who engages in the practice of funeral service or provides funeral services to the public without the direct supervision of a funeral director may be disciplined under IC 25-1-11.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.207-1993, SEC.14; P.L.214-1993, SEC.53; P.L.237-1995, SEC.16.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations › 25-15-8-9. Embalmers

Sec. 9. (a) This section does not apply to an embalmer who is acting as an exempted person.
(b) An embalmer who performs any funeral service other than embalming may be disciplined under IC 25-1-11.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.207-1993, SEC.15; P.L.214-1993, SEC.54.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations › 25-15-8-10. Funeral Directors Engaging in Embalming

Sec. 10. (a) This section does not apply to a funeral director who is acting as an exempted person.
(b) A funeral director who:
(1) is qualified to engage in the practice of funeral service only under IC 25-15-4-3(d) and not under IC 25-15-4-3(b) or IC 25-15-4-3(c); and
(2) engages in embalming;
may be disciplined under IC 25-1-11.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.207-1993, SEC.16; P.L.214-1993, SEC.55.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations › 25-15-8-11. Funeral Directors; Management of Funeral Home; Failure to File Affidavits

Sec. 11. A funeral director who:
(1) manages a funeral home without filing an affidavit with the board acknowledging that the funeral director is the manager of the funeral home; or
(2) fails to file an affidavit with the board indicating that the funeral director is no longer the manager of a funeral home when the funeral director ceases to manage the funeral home;
may be disciplined under IC 25-1-11.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.207-1993, SEC.17; P.L.214-1993, SEC.56.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations › 25-15-8-12. Funeral Directors; Management of Funeral Home; Violations as Grounds for Discipline

Sec. 12. A funeral director who has an affidavit on file with the board indicating that the individual is the manager of a funeral home and no affidavit on file with the board indicating that the individual has ceased to be its manager may be disciplined under IC 25-1-11 if:
(1) the funeral home that the funeral director is registered to manage commits a violation under section 1 or 2 of this chapter, other than section 2(3) of this chapter; or
(2) a practitioner acting as an agent of the funeral home that the funeral director is registered to manage commits a violation under sections 4 through 11 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.207-1993, SEC.18; P.L.214-1993, SEC.57.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations › 25-15-8-14. Repealed

As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Repealed by P.L.207-1993, SEC.35 and P.L.214-1993, SEC.91.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations › 25-15-8-19. Injunctions; Applications for Orders

Sec. 19. If a violation of any of sections 21 through 26 of this chapter is being committed:
(1) the board in its own name;
(2) the board in the name of the state;
(3) the attorney general in the name of the state, at the request of the board; or
(4) the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the violation occurs, at the request of the board, and in the name of the state;
may apply for an order enjoining the violation from the circuit court, superior court, or probate court of the county in which the violation occurs.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.84-2016, SEC.105.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations › 25-15-8-20. Injunctions or Orders; Bonds

Sec. 20. Upon a showing that a person has violated any of sections 21 through 26 of this chapter, the court may grant without bond an injunction, restraining order, or other appropriate order.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations › 25-15-8-21. Use of Certain Titles Without Funeral Home License; Infraction

Sec. 21. A person that uses the title "funeral home", "undertaking parlor", "mortuary", "memorial chapel", or a variant of these titles without a funeral home license issued under this article commits a Class B infraction.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations › 25-15-8-22. Use of Certain Titles Without Funeral Director or Funeral Director Intern License; Infraction

Sec. 22. A person that uses the title "funeral director", "mortician", "undertaker", "funeral service licensee", "funeral director intern", "embalmer", "funeral home manager", or a variant of any of these titles without a funeral director license or a funeral director intern license issued under this article commits a Class B infraction.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations › 25-15-8-23. Use of Certain Words to Describe Funeral Services by Person Without License; Infraction

Sec. 23. A person that renders or offers to render services to the public, if the words "funeral service", "funeral directing", "undertaking", "funeral", "funeral arrangement", "embalming", or a variant of these words is used to describe the services, without a license issued under this article commits a Class B infraction.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations › 25-15-8-24. Practice of Funeral Service or Operation of Funeral Home Without License; Infraction

Sec. 24. (a) This section does not apply to a person acting as an exempted person.
(b) A person that engages in the practice of funeral service without a license issued under this article commits a Class B infraction.
(c) A person that operates a funeral home without a funeral home license issued under this article commits a Class B infraction.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations › 25-15-8-25. Issuance of Permit Under Ic 16-37-3-10

Sec. 25. A local health officer may issue a permit under IC 16-37-3-10 only to a funeral director acting as an agent or a funeral home licensee or another individual acting under the direct supervision of a funeral director who is an agent of a funeral home licensee.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.2-1993, SEC.138.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations › 25-15-8-26. Other Licensing Requirements Void

Sec. 26. Any licensing requirement that is adopted by a state agency, other than the board, or a political subdivision for the purpose of regulating the operation of a funeral home or branch location or the practice of funeral service is void.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.237-1995, SEC.11.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 9. State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service; Education Fund; Cemetery Registration › 25-15-9-2. Members; Chairman

Sec. 2. (a) The board consists of five (5) members as follows:
(1) Four (4) members appointed by the governor.
(2) Subject to IC 25-1-6.5-3, one (1) member who must:
(A) be a resident of Indiana; and
(B) not be associated with the practice of funeral service or cemetery operation other than as a consumer.
(b) Members are appointed under IC 25-1-6.5.
(c) A member of the board may be removed under IC 25-1-6.5-4.
(d) The board shall elect a chairman from the board's own membership every two (2) years to serve a term of two (2) years. The chairman shall be elected alternately from those board members appointed under sections 3 and 4 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.2-1992, SEC.767; P.L.236-1995, SEC.45; P.L.249-2019, SEC.72.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 9. State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service; Education Fund; Cemetery Registration › 25-15-9-3. Funeral Directors; Members

Sec. 3. Subject to IC 25-1-6.5-3, two (2) of the board's appointed members must be licensed funeral directors, in good standing, without any association with a school of mortuary science other than as a preceptor or supervisor of a funeral service intern.
As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.249-2019, SEC.73.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 9. State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service; Education Fund; Cemetery Registration › 25-15-9-4. Cemetery Owners or Managers; Members

Sec. 4. Subject to IC 25-1-6.5-3, two (2) of the board's appointed members must be active in the cemetery industry in Indiana, either as an owner or a manager of an operating cemetery property.
As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.249-2019, SEC.74.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 9. State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service; Education Fund; Cemetery Registration › 25-15-9-6. Party Affiliation; Members

Sec. 6. Not more than three (3) of the board's appointed members may be affiliated with the same political party.
As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.249-2019, SEC.76.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 9. State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service; Education Fund; Cemetery Registration › 25-15-9-7. Repealed

As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.194-2005, SEC.58; P.L.14-2018, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.249-2019, SEC.77.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 9. State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service; Education Fund; Cemetery Registration › 25-15-9-8. Sale and Payment of Funeral or Burial Expenses; Duties of Board

Sec. 8. The board shall do the following:
(1) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to do the following:
(A) Establish standards for the sale and payment of funeral or burial services or merchandise in advance of need.
(B) Establish the terms of contracts authorized under IC 30-2-13.
(C) Implement IC 30-2-13.
(D) Implement IC 23-14-48.5.
(2) Register and issue certificates to sellers of merchandise or services under IC 30-2-13.
(3) Determine compliance with this article by persons engaged in the sale and payment of funeral or burial services or merchandise in advance of need under IC 30-2-13.
(4) Investigate any complaint alleging a violation of IC 30-2-13.
(5) Set fees under IC 25-1-8.
(6) For a violation of this article or IC 30-2-13 by a person engaged in the sale and payment of funeral or burial services or merchandise in advance of need under IC 30-2-13, if necessary, take any combination of the following actions:
(A) Issue an appropriate order to correct the violation.
(B) Suspend the seller's certificate of authority.
(C) Permanently revoke the seller's certificate of authority.
(D) Censure the seller.
(E) Issue a letter of reprimand to the seller.
(F) Place the seller on probation.
(G) Assess a civil penalty against the seller in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation, except for a finding of incompetency due to a physical or mental disability. When imposing a civil penalty, the board shall consider the seller's ability to pay the amount assessed. If the seller fails to pay the civil penalty within the time specified by the board, the board may suspend the seller's certificate of authority without additional proceedings. However, a suspension may not be imposed if the sole basis for the suspension is the seller's inability to pay a civil penalty.
(H) Refer the matter to the attorney general or prosecuting attorney for enforcement.
(7) In addition to any actions taken under subdivision (6), permanently revoke a seller's certificate of authority, if the seller demonstrates a pattern or practice of violating the following provisions:
(A) The requirement under IC 30-2-13-12 that all property paid or delivered to fund a contract for prepaid services or merchandise be irrevocably deposited to trust or escrow thirty (30) days after the contract is signed.
(B) The prohibition against knowingly inducing a purchaser to breach an existing contract under IC 30-2-13-13(e).
As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.207-1993, SEC.21; P.L.241-1995, SEC.1; P.L.65-2007, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 9. State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service; Education Fund; Cemetery Registration › 25-15-9-9. Funeral Homes; Standards for Operation; Duties of Board

Sec. 9. The board shall do the following:
(1) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to do the following:
(A) Establish standards for the competent practice of funeral service.
(B) Establish sanitation standards for the construction and equipping of funeral homes.
(C) Establish standards for the operation of funeral homes.
(D) Set fees under IC 25-1-8.
(E) Carry out this article.
(2) Establish a program of inspection to administer this article.
(3) Pass upon the qualifications of each applicant for a license under this article.
(4) Provide all examinations under this article.
(5) License all applicants who meet the requirements of IC 25-15-4.
(6) Investigate a complaint alleging a violation of this article.
(7) For a violation of this article by a person who is licensed under this article, if necessary, take any combination of the following actions:
(A) Issue an appropriate order to correct the violation.
(B) Suspend the seller's certificate of authority issued under IC 30-2-13.
(C) Permanently revoke the licensee's license.
(D) Censure the licensee.
(E) Issue a letter of reprimand.
(F) Place the licensee on probation.
(G) Assess a civil penalty against the licensee in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation, except for a finding of incompetency due to a physical or mental disability. When imposing a civil penalty, the board shall consider a licensee's ability to pay the amount assessed. If the licensee fails to pay the civil penalty within the time specified by the board, the board may suspend the licensee's license without additional proceedings. However, a suspension may not be imposed if the sole basis for the suspension is the licensee's inability to pay a civil penalty.
(H) Refer the matter to the attorney general or the prosecuting attorney for enforcement.
(8) The board shall suspend the license of a funeral home licensee who employs a person who:
(A) holds an inactive funeral director license (as described in IC 25-15-4-6); and
(B) engages in the practice of funeral services or provides funeral services to the public (as described in IC 25-15-2-17 or IC 25-15-2-22).
As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.2-1992, SEC.768; P.L.207-1993, SEC.22; P.L.249-2019, SEC.78.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 9. State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service; Education Fund; Cemetery Registration › 25-15-9-10. Cemeteries; Operation; Duties of Board

Sec. 10. The board shall do the following:
(1) Determine compliance with IC 23-14 by cemetery owners.
(2) Investigate a complaint alleging a violation of IC 23-14.
(3) For a violation of IC 23-14 by a cemetery owner, if necessary, take any combination of the following actions:
(A) Issue an appropriate order to correct the violation.
(B) Suspend the seller's certificate of authority issued under IC 30-2-13.
(C) Censure the cemetery owner.
(D) Issue a letter of reprimand.
(E) Assess a civil penalty against the cemetery owner in an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each violation, except for a finding of incompetency due to a physical or mental disability. When imposing a civil penalty, the board shall consider a cemetery owner's ability to pay the amount assessed.
(F) Refer the matter to the attorney general or prosecuting attorney for enforcement.
As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.2-1992, SEC.769; P.L.207-1993, SEC.23; P.L.249-2019, SEC.79; P.L.113-2022, SEC.16.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 9. State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service; Education Fund; Cemetery Registration › 25-15-9-11. Board Official Action

Sec. 11. An official action of the board is valid only if the action is adopted by a majority of the appointed members.
As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.249-2019, SEC.80.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 9. State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service; Education Fund; Cemetery Registration › 25-15-9-12. Health Officers; Cooperation With Department

Sec. 12. The Indiana department of health and local health officers shall cooperate with the board to enforce the sanitation standards adopted by the board for funeral homes.
As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.2-1992, SEC.770; P.L.56-2023, SEC.228.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 9. State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service; Education Fund; Cemetery Registration › 25-15-9-13. Funeral Service Education Fund

Sec. 13. (a) The funeral service education fund is established for the following purposes:
(1) To supplement the funding for a program of inspection administered by the funeral director, consumer, and Indiana department of health members of the board under section 9 of this chapter.
(2) To fund educational projects of the funeral director, consumer, and Indiana department of health members of the board directed toward funeral directors and embalmers.
(3) To carry out the duties of the board.
(b) The fund shall be administered by the funeral director, consumer, and Indiana department of health members of the board.
(c) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public funds may be invested.
(d) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund. If the amount of money in the fund at the close of a fiscal year exceeds forty thousand dollars ($40,000), the treasurer of state shall transfer the excess from the fund into the state general fund.
As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.2-1992, SEC.771; P.L.112-2014, SEC.24; P.L.56-2023, SEC.229.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 9. State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service; Education Fund; Cemetery Registration › 25-15-9-14. Fees and Gifts; Collection and Distribution

Sec. 14. The Indiana professional licensing agency shall collect all fees required under this article and gifts received by the board and at the end of each month shall do the following:
(1) Report amounts collected to the auditor of state.
(2) Transfer amounts collected to the treasurer of state for deposit as follows:
(A) An amount established by the board and not exceeding five dollars ($5) per license issued under this article in the funeral service education fund.
(B) Gifts dedicated to the funeral service education fund in that fund.
(C) The remainder, after deducting the amounts described in clause (A) or (B), in the state general fund.
As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 9. State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service; Education Fund; Cemetery Registration › 25-15-9-15. Salary; Reimbursement of Expenses

Sec. 15. (a) Each member of the board who is not a state employee is entitled to the minimum salary per diem provided by IC 4-10-11-2.1(b). Such a member is also entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses and other expenses actually incurred in connection with the member's duties, as provided in the state travel policies and procedures established by the department of administration and approved by the budget agency.
(b) Each member of the board who is a state employee is entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses and other expenses actually incurred in connection with the member's duties, as provided in the state travel policies and procedures established by the department of administration and approved by the budget agency.
As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 9. State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service; Education Fund; Cemetery Registration › 25-15-9-16. Payment of Expenses

Sec. 16. All expenses incurred in the administration of this article shall be paid from the state general fund. However, expenses approved by the funeral director, consumer, and Indiana department of health members of the board for payment from the funeral service education fund shall be paid from that fund.
As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.2-1992, SEC.772; P.L.56-2023, SEC.230.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 9. State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service; Education Fund; Cemetery Registration › 25-15-9-17. Registration of Cemeteries

Sec. 17. (a) Each cemetery that:
(1) qualifies for a certificate of authority as a seller under IC 30-2-13; or
(2) is subject to IC 23-14-48;
must register with the board.
(b) The cemetery, consumer, and Indiana department of health members of the board shall impose a registration fee for each geographic location of a cemetery to which this section applies that is equal to the combined total of fees charged under IC 25-15 for one (1) funeral home license and one (1) individual funeral director's license.
As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.2-1992, SEC.773; P.L.52-1997, SEC.51; P.L.56-2023, SEC.231.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 9. State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service; Education Fund; Cemetery Registration › 25-15-9-19. Effect of Signing Final Disposition Authorization; Liability

Sec. 19. (a) An individual who signs an authorization for the cremation, interment, entombment, or inurnment of human remains:
(1) is considered to warrant the truthfulness of:
(A) any fact set forth in the authorization;
(B) the identity of the person for whose remains cremation, interment, entombment, or inurnment is sought; and
(C) the individual's authority to order the cremation, interment, entombment, or inurnment; and
(2) is personally and individually liable to pay damages in compensation for harm that:
(A) is caused by; or
(B) results from;
the signing of the authorization for cremation, interment, entombment, or inurnment.
(b) A funeral home that relies in good faith on a signed authorization for the cremation, interment, entombment, or inurnment of human remains is not civilly or criminally liable or subject to disciplinary actions for carrying out the disposition of the decedent's remains in accordance with the instructions in the authorization.
As added by P.L.34-2011, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.6-2012, SEC.177.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 10. Courtesy Cards for Funeral Services › 25-15-10-1. "Courtesy Cards"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "courtesy card" means a special permit issued by the board to funeral directors licensed in states that border Indiana.
As added by P.L.95-2012, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 10. Courtesy Cards for Funeral Services › 25-15-10-2. "Funeral Ceremonies"

Sec. 2. As used in this section, "funeral ceremonies" refers to services or rites commemorating the deceased, with the dead human body present, conducted:
(1) in churches;
(2) in funeral homes;
(3) in cemeteries;
(4) in crematories; or
(5) elsewhere.
Funeral ceremonies include visitations, funerals, graveside funeral services, and other similar rites or ceremonies.
As added by P.L.95-2012, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.13-2013, SEC.68.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 10. Courtesy Cards for Funeral Services › 25-15-10-3. Issuance of Courtesy Card

Sec. 3. Beginning January 1, 2013, the board shall issue a courtesy card to an individual who is not licensed under this article as a funeral director but who is licensed or certified as a funeral director in one (1) or more states, if all of the following requirements are met:
(1) The individual is licensed as a funeral director in a state that borders Indiana.
(2) The bordering state issues courtesy cards or similar permits to funeral directors licensed in Indiana.
(3) The individual completes an application for a courtesy card on a form provided by the board. The application for a courtesy card must include certification, including the seal of the state where the individual is licensed.
(4) The individual certifies on the application that the individual has reviewed and understands materials prepared by the board for individuals seeking courtesy cards.
(5) The individual pays the fee established under section 4 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.95-2012, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 10. Courtesy Cards for Funeral Services › 25-15-10-4. Rules

Sec. 4. The board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to set the fee for the card. The fee must be sufficient to cover the cost of issuing the card. When establishing the fee, the board must consider the fees charged by states bordering Indiana that issue courtesy cards. Insofar as possible, the fees established must be consistent with the fees of the bordering states that issue courtesy cards.
As added by P.L.95-2012, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 10. Courtesy Cards for Funeral Services › 25-15-10-5. Term

Sec. 5. A courtesy card issued under this chapter is valid for a period consistent with other licenses issued by the board, to be established by the board.
As added by P.L.95-2012, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 10. Courtesy Cards for Funeral Services › 25-15-10-6. Functions

Sec. 6. The holder of a courtesy card issued under this chapter is authorized to undertake the following acts of funeral directing:
(1) Remove and transport unembalmed and embalmed deceased human bodies:
(A) to Indiana from; and
(B) from Indiana to;
the state or states where the courtesy card holder is licensed as a funeral director.
(2) Prepare and complete sections of a death certificate and other disposition permits needed for disposition of deceased human remains, and sign and file death certificates and permits.
(3) Sign and file death certificates and other disposition permits without the assistance of or being under the supervision of a funeral director licensed under this article.
(4) Supervise and conduct funeral ceremonies in Indiana without the assistance of a funeral director licensed under this article.
As added by P.L.95-2012, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Chapter 10. Courtesy Cards for Funeral Services › 25-15-10-7. Revocation or Suspension

Sec. 7. A courtesy card holder must comply with all laws and rules of Indiana when engaged in any acts of funeral directing in this state. The board may revoke or suspend a courtesy card or subject the courtesy card holder to discipline in accordance with the laws and rules applicable to funeral directors licensed under this article. Any disciplinary measure taken by the board against a courtesy card holder must be reported by the board to the state board or agency that issued the courtesy card holder's funeral director's license or certification.
As added by P.L.95-2012, SEC.1.