Pennsylvania Code › Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS › Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 13 - STATE BOARD OF FUNERAL DIRECTORS › LICENSE RENEWAL › Section 13.231 - Biennial registration; unregistered status and inactive status; failure to renew

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A licensee
					 shall register each biennial period to retain the right to practice. Initial
					 registration shall automatically occur when a license is issued. Registration
					 for a biennial period expires on the first day of February of every even
					 numbered year. Unless excused by the Board for good cause under section
					 10(b)(4) of the act (63 P.S. §
												479.10(b)(4)), the Board
					 will not grant an application for renewal of a funeral director license unless
					 the licensee has certified that the licensee has completed the amount of
					 continuing education required by §
											13.401 (relating to credit hour
					 requirements), including at least 2 hours of approved courses in child abuse
					 recognition and reporting in accordance with §
											13.308(b)
					 (relating to child abuse recognition and reporting-mandatory training
					 requirement).
(b) Applications for
					 biennial registration shall be made on forms provided by the Board. The form
					 shall be received by the Board with the required registration fee by the
					 expiration of the previous biennial registration period.
(c) Biennial registration forms and other
					 forms and literature distributed by the Board will be mailed to the licensee at
					 the last mailing address on file with the Board. If a licensee changes the
					 mailing address, the licensee shall notify the Board within 15 days thereafter.
					 Failure of the Board to send or of the licensee to receive a biennial
					 registration application does not relieve the licensee of the biennial
					 registration responsibility.
(d) A
					 licensee whose licensure status has lapsed by failing to register biennially
					 with the Board may apply to the Board for reactivation of licensure status by
					 satisfying the requirements of paragraph (1) on forms prescribed by the Board.
					 An application for reactivation of an inactive or lapsed funeral director
					 license must also include the documentation required by §
											13.402 (relating to reporting
					 completion of continuing education) for the immediately preceding biennium,
					 which may be completed during the current biennium. Unless excused by the Board
					 for good cause under section 10(b)(4) of the act, the Board will not reactivate
					 any funeral director license until the required continuing education for the
					 preceding biennium has been successfully completed.
(1) A licensee applying for reactivation of
					 licensure status is required to pay the current registration fee and submit a
					 notarized affidavit setting forth the period of time in which the licensee did
					 not practice in this Commonwealth.
(2) A licensee who seeks to reactivate his
					 licensure status will not be assessed a late renewal fee for the preceding
					 biennial registration periods in which the licensee did not engage in practice
					 in this Commonwealth. A licensee whose licensure status has lapsed due to the
					 failure to register biennially with the Board, is prohibited from practicing as
					 a funeral director in this Commonwealth unless the licensure status is
					 reactivated. If a licensee engages in practice in this Commonwealth during a
					 period in which the licensees' registration is not renewed, the licensee is
					 required to pay a late fee of $5 for each month or part of a month beyond the
					 date specified for renewal as provided in section 225 of the Bureau of
					 Professional and Occupational Affairs Fee Act (63 P. S. §
													1401-225), in addition to the prescribed
					 biennial renewal fee. The payment of a late fee does not preclude the Board
					 from taking disciplinary action against a licensee for practicing as a funeral
					 director in this Commonwealth without a current license.