Florida Statutes
Part III - Funeral Directing, Embalming, and Related Services (Ss. 497.365-497.393)
497.376 - License as funeral director and embalmer permitted.


(1) This chapter does not prohibit a person from holding a license as an embalmer and a license as a funeral director at the same time. There may be issued and renewed by the licensing authority a combination license as both funeral director and embalmer to persons meeting the separate requirements for both licenses as set forth in this chapter. The licensing authority may adopt rules providing procedures for applying for and renewing such combination license. The licensing authority may by rule establish application, renewal, and other fees for such combination license, which fees may not exceed the sum of the maximum fees for the separate funeral director and embalmer license categories as provided in this chapter. A person holding a combination license as a funeral director and an embalmer is subject to regulation under this chapter both as a funeral director and an embalmer.
(2) Except as provided in s. 497.377, an applicant for a combination license as both a funeral director and an embalmer must hold the educational credentials required for licensure of a funeral director under s. 497.373(1)(d).
History.—ss. 1, 5, ch. 79-231; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 1, ch. 89-8; s. 139, ch. 92-149; ss. 12, 122, ch. 93-399; s. 66, ch. 94-119; s. 81, ch. 2004-301; s. 31, ch. 2005-155; s. 20, ch. 2010-125; s. 4, ch. 2019-140.
Note.—Former s. 470.013.

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.