Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to a practitioner acting as an exempted person.
(b) A practitioner who, when selling funeral goods or services to a consumer, fails to give the consumer a written statement signed on behalf of a funeral home licensee by a funeral director that includes:
(1) an itemized description of each funeral goods and funeral service for which the consumer has contracted and either the price of each item or the package price for all of the items;
(2) an itemized description of any supplemental goods and services that the consumer has the option to purchase from the funeral home licensee and the price for each item;
(3) an indication of the contract items on which the funeral home licensee is advancing credit and the amount of the credit being advanced;
(4) the total cost to the consumer of the contract items; and
(5) a description of the method of payment agreed upon;
may be disciplined under IC 25-1-11.
As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.207-1993, SEC.11; P.L.214-1993, SEC.50.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 25. Professions and Occupations
Article 15. Embalmers and Funeral Directors
Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations
25-15-8-1. Grounds for Discipline of Licensees
25-15-8-1.5. Discipline of Licensee for Display of Revoked or Expired Credentials
25-15-8-2. Funeral Home Licenses; Grounds for Discipline
25-15-8-4. Selling Funeral Goods or Services; Grounds for Discipline
25-15-8-5. Statements of Price and Terms; Grounds for Discipline
25-15-8-6. Practitioners of Funeral Services; Grounds for Discipline
25-15-8-7. Notice of Change in Practitioner's Name or Address
25-15-8-8. Funeral Director Interns
25-15-8-10. Funeral Directors Engaging in Embalming
25-15-8-11. Funeral Directors; Management of Funeral Home; Failure to File Affidavits
25-15-8-12. Funeral Directors; Management of Funeral Home; Violations as Grounds for Discipline
25-15-8-19. Injunctions; Applications for Orders
25-15-8-20. Injunctions or Orders; Bonds
25-15-8-21. Use of Certain Titles Without Funeral Home License; Infraction
25-15-8-23. Use of Certain Words to Describe Funeral Services by Person Without License; Infraction
25-15-8-24. Practice of Funeral Service or Operation of Funeral Home Without License; Infraction