Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXXVII - Regulations › Chapter 7 - Suspension of Funeral Establishment and Crematory Authority Renewal Fee › Section XXXVII-701 - Renewal and Reinstatement

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All
				individual funeral director or embalmer and funeral director licenses issued by
				the board shall expire on the thirty-first day of December of each year and
				must be renewed on or before that date. All establishment licenses and the
				annual report of prepaid funeral services or merchandise shall also expire on
				the thirty-first day of December and must be renewed on or before that date.
				Applications for renewal of licenses must be made to the secretary of the board
				upon forms furnished by said board and must be accompanied by a renewal fee as
				established by the board.
B.
				Application for renewal of a funeral director or an embalmer and funeral
				director license and establishment license may be submitted to the board any
				time after October 1 of each year. When a licensed funeral establishment or
				individual licensee renews the license, should the check be deficient in any
				manner, the license shall be considered as non issued and a new application and
				fee must be submitted.
C. When the
				holder of an embalmer and funeral director or funeral director license has
				failed to renew his license on or before December 31 of each year, said license
				shall lapse and a new application and fee must be submitted. In any event, no
				license will be reinstated without a payment of all fees delinquent from date
				of lapse to date of reinstatement. Applicant may also be required to take a
				written Louisiana laws and regulations test.
D. When a licensed funeral establishment
				fails to renew its license on or before December 31 of each year, said license
				shall lapse. However, same may be reinstated provided that the applicant shall
				submit to an inspection; and, if the board is satisfied that the applying
				funeral establishment meets all requirements, it shall issue a license for the
				remaining portion of the current year upon payment of the application fee as
				established by the board.
E. As all
				license applications for an embalmer and funeral director, funeral director, or
				funeral establishments are received, the board will process same in a timely
				fashion and will begin mailing the licenses to the individuals and
				establishments so applying no later than December 15 of each year.
F. All individual crematory retort operator
				licenses issued by the board shall expire on the fifteenth day of May of each
				year and must be renewed on or before that date. All crematory licenses issued
				by the board shall also expire on the fifteenth day of May and must be renewed
				on or before that date. Applications for renewal of licenses must be made to
				the secretary of the board upon forms furnished by said board and must be
				accompanied by a renewal fee as established by the board.
G. Application for renewal of a crematory
				retort operator or crematory license may be submitted to the board anytime
				after February 15 of each year. When a licensed crematory or individual
				crematory retort operator renews the license, should the check be deficient in
				any manner, the license shall be considered as non issued and a new application
				and fee must be submitted.
H. When
				a crematory retort operator has failed to renew his license on or before May 15
				of each year, said license shall lapse. If the crematory retort operator has
				failed to renew within the specified time, the license shall be considered as
				non issued and a new application and fee must be submitted. In any event, no
				license will be reinstated without a payment of all fees delinquent from date
				of lapse to date of reinstatement.
I. When a crematory has failed to renew its
				license on or before May 15 of each year, said license shall lapse. However,
				same may be reinstated provided that the applicant shall submit to an
				inspection; and, if the board is satisfied that the applying crematory meets
				all requirements, it shall issue a license for the remaining portion of the
				current year upon payment of the application fee as established by the
				board.
J. As all crematory retort
				operator and crematory authority applications are received, the board will
				process same in a timely fashion and will begin mailing the licenses to the
				individuals and the crematories so applying no later than May 1 of each
				year.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Adopted
				  in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:840.