(1) Funeral establishments may elect to maintain special, segregated bank accounts to be used in conjunction with making cash advances to vendors. The money in such accounts may be used by the funeral establishments to pay third-party vendors when such amounts must be paid before the funeral establishment has been paid by the purchaser.
(2) Funeral establishments may elect to maintain special, segregated escrow accounts to be used in conjunction with making cash refunds to their purchasers. A funeral establishment may deposit in such accounts any amounts paid by its purchasers that were in excess of the actual funeral costs incurred and cash advances made by the funeral establishment.
History.—s. 32, ch. 93-399; s. 94, ch. 2004-301.
Note.—Former s. 470.0375.
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.