(1) A direct disposer’s license shall be renewed upon receipt of the renewal application and fee set by rule of the licensing authority but not to exceed $500.
(2) The licensing authority shall adopt rules establishing procedures, forms, and a schedule for the biennial renewal of direct disposer licenses. The rules shall require continuing education of up to 6 classroom hours, including, but not limited to, a course on communicable diseases approved by the licensing authority, and may establish criteria for accepting alternative nonclassroom continuing education on an hour-for-hour basis.
History.—ss. 1, 5, ch. 79-231; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 1, ch. 89-8; ss. 17, 122, ch. 93-399; s. 211, ch. 94-119; s. 6, ch. 98-298; s. 27, ch. 2000-356; s. 128, ch. 2004-301; s. 102, ch. 2005-2; s. 47, ch. 2005-155; s. 27, ch. 2010-125.
Note.—Former s. 470.018.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations
Chapter 497 - Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services
Part VI - Cremation, Crematories, and Direct Disposition (Ss. 497.601-497.609)
497.601 - Direct disposition; duties.
497.602 - Direct disposers, license required; licensing procedures and criteria; regulation.
497.603 - Direct disposers, renewal of license.
497.605 - Direct disposition not funeral directing.
497.607 - Cremation; procedure required.
497.608 - Liability for unintentional commingling of the residue of the cremation process.