Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 645 - Professional Licensure Division › Funeral Directors › Chapter 101 - Licensure of Funeral Directors, Funeral Establishments, and Cremation Establishments › Rule 645-101.5 - Funeral Establishment License or Cremation Establishment License

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) A place of
				business devoted to providing any aspect of mortuary science or cremation
				services will hold an establishment license issued by the board. An
				establishment license will not be issued more than 30 days prior to the opening
				of a new establishment.
a. A funeral
				establishment or a cremation establishment will not be operated until it has
				obtained a license from the board. Each establishment will timely renew the
				license in order to continue operations.
b. A funeral or cremation establishment will
				surrender its license to the board if the establishment fails to engage in or
				ceases to engage in the business for which the license was issued, pursuant to
				Iowa Code section 156.15(2)
"d."
c. A funeral or cremation establishment
				license is not transferable or assignable.
d. A change in ownership will require the
				issuance of a new license. A change in ownership will be reported to the board
				prior to the date ownership will change or, in the case of change of ownership
				by death or other unexpected event, within 30 days following change of
				ownership. The board may request legal proof of the ownership
				transfer.
e. An establishment
				license will be issued for a specific physical location. A change in location
				or site of an establishment will require the submission of an application for a
				new license and payment of the fee required by 645-subrule 5.9(9). A new
				establishment license must be issued prior to the commencement of business in a
				new location.
f. A change in the
				name of an establishment will be reported to the board within 30 days. The
				establishment owner will pay the fee for reissuing the license.
g. A change in address or of the funeral
				director in responsible charge will be reported to the board within 30
				days.
h. An establishment will have
				an employment or other relationship with one or more licensed funeral directors
				who will perform all mortuary science services for which licensure as a funeral
				director is required by Iowa Code chapter 156. A cremation establishment is
				not, however, required to employ or contract with a funeral director on an
				ongoing basis because a cremation establishment will not offer services
				directly to the general public. When a funeral establishment has an employment
				or other relationship with multiple funeral directors, the funeral
				establishment will designate the funeral director who will be in responsible
				charge of all mortuary science services performed at the funeral establishment.
				The funeral establishment will report to the board any change of the funeral
				director in responsible charge within 30 days of the change.
i. The board will not routinely issue more
				than one establishment license for a single location, but the board may do so
				if the multiple applicants provide proof, satisfactory to the board, that the
				establishments are wholly separate except for the sharing of facilities. If the
				board issues more than one establishment license for a single location, the
				licensees will ensure that the public will not be confused or deceived as to
				the establishment with which the public is interacting. A facility may have a
				funeral establishment license and a separate cremation establishment license at
				a single location.
j. The
				establishment license will be displayed in a conspicuous place at the location
				of the establishment.
k. Failure to
				comply with any of these rules will constitute grounds for discipline pursuant
				to 645-Chapter 104 or civil penalties for unlicensed practice pursuant to
				645-Chapter 105.