Florida Statutes
Part III - Funeral Directing, Embalming, and Related Services (Ss. 497.365-497.393)
497.366 - Licensure; renewal and cancellation notices.


(1) At least 90 days before the end of a licensure cycle, the licensing authority shall:
(a) Forward a licensure renewal notification to an active or inactive licensee at the licensee’s last known address of record with the licensing authority.
(b) Forward a notice of pending cancellation of licensure to a delinquent status licensee at the licensee’s last known address of record with the licensing authority.

(2) Each licensure renewal notification and each notice of pending cancellation of licensure must state conspicuously that a licensee who remains on inactive status for more than 4 years and who wishes to reactivate the license may be required to demonstrate the competency to resume active practice by sitting for a special purpose examination or by completing other reactivation requirements, as defined by rule of the licensing authority.
(3) This section shall apply only to licensees licensed under this part.
History.—s. 71, ch. 2004-301.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations

Chapter 497 - Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services

Part III - Funeral Directing, Embalming, and Related Services (Ss. 497.365-497.393)

497.365 - Licensure; inactive and delinquent status.

497.366 - Licensure; renewal and cancellation notices.

497.368 - Embalmers; licensure as an embalmer by examination; provisional license.

497.369 - Embalmers; licensure as an embalmer by endorsement; licensure of a temporary embalmer.

497.370 - Embalmers; licensure of an embalmer intern.

497.371 - Embalmers; establishment of embalmer apprentice program.

497.372 - Funeral directing; conduct constituting practice of funeral directing.

497.373 - Funeral directing; licensure as a funeral director by examination; provisional license.

497.374 - Funeral directing; licensure as a funeral director by endorsement; licensure of a temporary funeral director.

497.375 - Funeral directing; licensure of a funeral director intern.

497.376 - License as funeral director and embalmer permitted.

497.377 - Combination funeral director and embalmer internships.

497.378 - Renewal of funeral director and embalmer licenses.

497.379 - Inactive status.

497.380 - Funeral establishment; licensure; display of license.

497.381 - Solicitation of goods or services.

497.382 - Reports of cases embalmed and bodies handled.

497.383 - Additional rights of legally authorized persons.

497.384 - Disinterment; transportation; authorization and notification.

497.385 - Removal services; refrigeration facilities; centralized embalming facilities.

497.386 - Storage, preservation, and transportation of human remains.

497.387 - Unlawful to remove or embalm body without consent of proper official when crime is suspected.

497.389 - Funeral establishments; cash advance accounts; escrow refund accounts.

497.390 - Reciprocity.

497.391 - Exceptions.

497.392 - Branch chapels.

497.393 - Licensure; military-issued credentials for licensure.