(1) In addition to any other common law or statutory rights a legally authorized person may otherwise have, that person may authorize a funeral director or direct disposer licensed under this chapter to lawfully dispose of fetal remains in circumstances when a fetal death certificate is not issued under chapter 382. A person licensed under this chapter or former chapter 470 is not liable for damages as a result of following the instructions of the legally authorized person in connection with the final disposition of fetal remains in circumstances in which a fetal death certificate is not issued under chapter 382 or in connection with the final disposition of a dead human body.
(2) Any ambiguity or dispute concerning the right of any legally authorized person to provide authorization under this chapter or the validity of any documentation purporting to grant that authorization shall be resolved by a court of competent jurisdiction.
History.—s. 6, ch. 96-355; s. 88, ch. 2004-301.
Note.—Former s. 470.0294.
Structure 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.
497.375 - 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.
497.380 - 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.
497.389 - Funeral establishments; cash advance accounts; escrow refund accounts.
497.393 - Licensure; military-issued credentials for licensure.