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Chapter 1. Repealed - Repealed by P.L.246-1985, SEC.33.
Chapter 2. Definitions
25-15-2-1. Application of Definitions - Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this...
25-15-2-2. "Alternative Container" - Sec. 2. "Alternative container" means a rigid or nonrigid receptacle...
25-15-2-3. "Board" - Sec. 3. "Board" means the state board of funeral and...
25-15-2-3.5. "Branch Location" - Sec. 3.5. As used in this chapter, "branch location" means...
25-15-2-4. "Casket" - Sec. 4. "Casket" means a rigid enclosure that: (1) is...
25-15-2-5. "Consumer" - Sec. 5. "Consumer" means a person that: (1) during an...
25-15-2-6. "Cremate" - Sec. 6. "Cremate" means to incinerate human remains and to...
25-15-2-7. "Disposition" - Sec. 7. "Disposition" means: (1) interment of human remains in...
25-15-2-8. "Embalmer" - Sec. 8. "Embalmer" means a person who is licensed as...
25-15-2-9. "Embalming" - Sec. 9. "Embalming" means the temporary preservation and disinfection of...
25-15-2-10. "Exempted Person" - Sec. 10. As used in this chapter, "exempted person" means...
25-15-2-11. "Funeral" - Sec. 11. "Funeral" means a memorial service or ceremony for...
25-15-2-12. "Funeral Director" - Sec. 12. "Funeral director" means an individual who has a...
25-15-2-13. "Funeral Director Intern" - Sec. 13. "Funeral director intern" means an individual who has...
25-15-2-14. "Funeral Goods" - Sec. 14. "Funeral goods" means goods, other than clothing, flowers,...
25-15-2-15. "Funeral Home" - Sec. 15. "Funeral home" means a physical structure where: (1)...
25-15-2-16. "Funeral Home Licensee" - Sec. 16. "Funeral home licensee" means a person that has...
25-15-2-17. "Funeral Services" - Sec. 17. As used in this chapter, "funeral services" means:...
25-15-2-18. "Human Remains" - Sec. 18. "Human remains" means any part of the body...
25-15-2-19. "Licensee" - Sec. 19. "Licensee" means a person that has been issued...
25-15-2-20. "Outer Burial Container" - Sec. 20. "Outer burial container" means any container that is...
25-15-2-21. "Person" - Sec. 21. "Person" includes a partnership, limited liability company, corporation,...
25-15-2-22. "Practice of Funeral Service" - Sec. 22. As used in this chapter, "practice of funeral...
25-15-2-23. "Practitioner" - Sec. 23. "Practitioner" means an individual who is a funeral...
25-15-2-24. "Protection Order" - Sec. 24. "Protection order" means an injunction or other order...
Chapter 3. Repealed - Repealed by P.L.48-1991, SEC.78.
Chapter 4. Minimum Qualifications; Reciprocity
25-15-4-1. Funeral Home Licenses - Sec. 1. To qualify for a funeral home license, a...
25-15-4-1.1. Branch Location Licenses - Sec. 1.1. To qualify for a branch location license, a...
25-15-4-2. Funeral Director Intern Licenses - Sec. 2. (a) To qualify for a funeral director intern...
25-15-4-3. Funeral Director Licenses - Sec. 3. (a) An applicant must qualify under subsection (b)...
25-15-4-4. Embalmer Licenses - Sec. 4. An individual may be an embalmer only if,...
25-15-4-5. Funeral Director Licenses; Exemption From Examination for Persons Licensed in Other States - Sec. 5. An applicant for a funeral director license, who...
25-15-4-6. Inactive Funeral Director License; Application; Violations - Sec. 6. (a) A funeral director may submit a written...
Chapter 5. Examination
25-15-5-1. Time; Place - Sec. 1. At least one (1) of each type of...
25-15-5-2. Repealed - As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.4. Repealed by P.L.177-2009, SEC.63.
25-15-5-3. Failure of Examination; Taking Next Examination; Additional Fees and Education Requirements - Sec. 3. Any qualified applicant who fails an examination and...
Chapter 6. Expiration of Licenses; Renewal of Licenses; Continuing Education
25-15-6-1. Time of Expiration - Sec. 1. (a) Subject to IC 25-1-2-6(e) and except as...
25-15-6-2. Funeral Homes; Renewal of Licenses - Sec. 2. The board shall renew the license of a...
25-15-6-3. Funeral Directors or Embalmers; Renewal of Licenses - Sec. 3. The board shall renew the license of a...
25-15-6-4. Funeral Directors or Embalmers; Reinstatement of Expired License - Sec. 4. (a) The board shall reinstate the expired license...
25-15-6-5. Funeral Directors; Continuing Education Credits - Sec. 5. (a) The board shall require a funeral director...
25-15-6-5.1. Revocation, Suspension, or Expiration of Funeral Home and Branch Location License - Sec. 5.1. When a person's funeral home license is revoked,...
25-15-6-6. Repealed - As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.194-2005, SEC.56; P.L.157-2006,...
25-15-6-7. Inactive License Continuing Education Exemption; Reactivation Requirements; Practice Under Inactive License; Sanction - Sec. 7. (a) A funeral director who holds an inactive...
Chapter 7. Transfer and Assignment of Licenses; Name Changes; Ownership Changes
25-15-7-1. Transferability of Licenses - Sec. 1. A license issued under this article is not...
25-15-7-2. Funeral Home Licenses; Location - Sec. 2. A funeral home license applies only to one...
25-15-7-3. Funeral Homes; Changing, Transferring, or Assigning Name - Sec. 3. The board may not prohibit a funeral home...
25-15-7-4. Shares of Funeral Home Corporations; Transfers - Sec. 4. The board may not prohibit a shareholder or...
25-15-7-5. Assets of Funeral Homes and Branch Locations; Transfers of Interest - Sec. 5. The board may not prohibit a person from...
Chapter 8. Grounds for Discipline; Sanctions by Board; Violations
25-15-8-1. Grounds for Discipline of Licensees - Sec. 1. (a) A licensee that: (1) promotes or participates...
25-15-8-1.5. Discipline of Licensee for Display of Revoked or Expired Credentials - Sec. 1.5. The board may discipline a licensee under IC...
25-15-8-2. Funeral Home Licenses; Grounds for Discipline - Sec. 2. A funeral home licensee who itself or through...
25-15-8-3. Repealed - As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.48-1991, SEC.30. Repealed...
25-15-8-4. Selling Funeral Goods or Services; Grounds for Discipline - Sec. 4. A practitioner who, when selling or offering to...
25-15-8-5. Statements of Price and Terms; Grounds for Discipline - Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to a...
25-15-8-6. Practitioners of Funeral Services; Grounds for Discipline - Sec. 6. (a) This section does not apply to a...
25-15-8-7. Notice of Change in Practitioner's Name or Address - Sec. 7. A practitioner who fails to notify the board...
25-15-8-8. Funeral Director Interns - Sec. 8. (a) This section does not apply to a...
25-15-8-9. Embalmers - Sec. 9. (a) This section does not apply to an...
25-15-8-10. Funeral Directors Engaging in Embalming - Sec. 10. (a) This section does not apply to a...
25-15-8-11. Funeral Directors; Management of Funeral Home; Failure to File Affidavits - Sec. 11. A funeral director who: (1) manages a funeral...
25-15-8-12. Funeral Directors; Management of Funeral Home; Violations as Grounds for Discipline - Sec. 12. A funeral director who has an affidavit on...
25-15-8-13. Repealed - As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Repealed by P.L.214-1993, SEC.91.
25-15-8-14. Repealed - As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Repealed by P.L.207-1993, SEC.35 and...
25-15-8-15. Repealed - As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Repealed by P.L.214-1993, SEC.91.
25-15-8-16. Repealed - As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Repealed by P.L.214-1993, SEC.91.
25-15-8-17. Repealed - As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Repealed by P.L.214-1993, SEC.91.
25-15-8-18. Repealed - As added by P.L.246-1985, SEC.7. Repealed by P.L.214-1993, SEC.91.
25-15-8-19. Injunctions; Applications for Orders - Sec. 19. If a violation of any of sections 21...
25-15-8-20. Injunctions or Orders; Bonds - Sec. 20. Upon a showing that a person has violated...
25-15-8-21. Use of Certain Titles Without Funeral Home License; Infraction - Sec. 21. A person that uses the title "funeral home",...
25-15-8-22. Use of Certain Titles Without Funeral Director or Funeral Director Intern License; Infraction - Sec. 22. A person that uses the title "funeral director",...
25-15-8-23. Use of Certain Words to Describe Funeral Services by Person Without License; Infraction - Sec. 23. A person that renders or offers to render...
25-15-8-24. Practice of Funeral Service or Operation of Funeral Home Without License; Infraction - Sec. 24. (a) This section does not apply to a...
25-15-8-25. Issuance of Permit Under Ic 16-37-3-10 - Sec. 25. A local health officer may issue a permit...
25-15-8-26. Other Licensing Requirements Void - Sec. 26. Any licensing requirement that is adopted by a...
Chapter 9. State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service; Education Fund; Cemetery Registration
25-15-9-1. Establishment of Board - Sec. 1. The state board of funeral and cemetery service...
25-15-9-2. Members; Chairman - Sec. 2. (a) The board consists of five (5) members...
25-15-9-3. Funeral Directors; Members - Sec. 3. Subject to IC 25-1-6.5-3, two (2) of the...
25-15-9-4. Cemetery Owners or Managers; Members - Sec. 4. Subject to IC 25-1-6.5-3, two (2) of the...
25-15-9-5. Repealed - As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Repealed by P.L.249-2019, SEC.75.
25-15-9-6. Party Affiliation; Members - Sec. 6. Not more than three (3) of the board's...
25-15-9-7. Repealed - As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.194-2005, SEC.58; P.L.14-2018,...
25-15-9-8. Sale and Payment of Funeral or Burial Expenses; Duties of Board - Sec. 8. The board shall do the following: (1) Adopt...
25-15-9-9. Funeral Homes; Standards for Operation; Duties of Board - Sec. 9. The board shall do the following: (1) Adopt...
25-15-9-10. Cemeteries; Operation; Duties of Board - Sec. 10. The board shall do the following: (1) Determine...
25-15-9-11. Board Official Action - Sec. 11. An official action of the board is valid...
25-15-9-12. Health Officers; Cooperation With Department - Sec. 12. The state department of health and local health...
25-15-9-13. Funeral Service Education Fund - Sec. 13. (a) The funeral service education fund is established...
25-15-9-14. Fees and Gifts; Collection and Distribution - Sec. 14. The Indiana professional licensing agency shall collect all...
25-15-9-15. Salary; Reimbursement of Expenses - Sec. 15. (a) Each member of the board who is...
25-15-9-16. Payment of Expenses - Sec. 16. All expenses incurred in the administration of this...
25-15-9-17. Registration of Cemeteries - Sec. 17. (a) Each cemetery that: (1) qualifies for a...
25-15-9-18. Priority Among Persons as to Authority to Determine Final Disposition of Human Remains and Make Other Arrangements; Persons Who May Not Make Determination; Disputes - Sec. 18. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the...
25-15-9-19. Effect of Signing Final Disposition Authorization; Liability - Sec. 19. (a) An individual who signs an authorization for...
Chapter 10. Courtesy Cards for Funeral Services
25-15-10-1. "Courtesy Cards" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "courtesy card" means...
25-15-10-2. "Funeral Ceremonies" - Sec. 2. As used in this section, "funeral ceremonies" refers...
25-15-10-3. Issuance of Courtesy Card - Sec. 3. Beginning January 1, 2013, the board shall issue...
25-15-10-4. Rules - Sec. 4. The board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2...
25-15-10-5. Term - Sec. 5. A courtesy card issued under this chapter is...
25-15-10-6. Functions - Sec. 6. The holder of a courtesy card issued under...
25-15-10-7. Revocation or Suspension - Sec. 7. A courtesy card holder must comply with all...
25-15-10-8. Prohibited Actions - Sec. 8. The holder of a courtesy card issued under...