Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 18.39 - Embalmers—Funeral Directors.
18.39.260 - Prearrangement contracts—Certificates of registration required—Exception.

RCW 18.39.260
Prearrangement contracts—Certificates of registration required—Exception.

A funeral establishment shall not enter into prearrangement funeral service contracts in this state unless the funeral establishment has obtained a certificate of registration issued by the board and such certificate is then in force.
Certificates of registration shall be maintained by funeral establishments and the funeral establishment shall comply with all requirements related to the sale of prearrangement contracts until all obligations have been fulfilled. The board may, for just cause, release a funeral establishment from specific registration or reporting requirements.

[ 1989 c 390 § 5; 1986 c 259 § 67; 1982 c 66 § 4.]
NOTES:

Severability—1986 c 259: See note following RCW 18.130.010.


Effective dates—Transfer of records, files, and pending business—Savings—1982 c 66: See notes following RCW 18.39.240.

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 18 - Businesses and Professions

Chapter 18.39 - Embalmers—Funeral Directors.

18.39.010 - Definitions.

18.39.020 - License required.

18.39.035 - Applicant for license as funeral director or embalmer—Eligibility.

18.39.045 - College course requirements.

18.39.050 - Application—Renewal—Fees.

18.39.070 - Examinations.

18.39.100 - License—Form—Restrictions.

18.39.120 - Interns—Registration—Renewal—Notice of termination—Fees.

18.39.125 - Academic interns.

18.39.130 - Licenses—Applicants from other states—Examination.

18.39.145 - Funeral establishment license—Issuance—Requirements—Transferability—Expiration.

18.39.150 - License lapse—Reinstatement—Fee—Reexamination.

18.39.170 - Inspector of funeral establishments, crematories, alkaline hydrolysis, natural organic reduction facilities, directors, and embalmers—Appointment—Eligibility—Term—Powers and duties.

18.39.173 - Funeral and cemetery board—Membership—Appointment—Qualifications—Terms—Vacancies—Officers—Quorum.

18.39.175 - Board—Duties and responsibilities—Rules.

18.39.181 - Powers and duties of director.

18.39.195 - Pricing information to be given—Billing "cash advanced" items.

18.39.215 - Embalmers—Authorization to embalm—Information required—Immediate care of body—Waiver—Penalty.

18.39.217 - License or endorsement required for cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, and natural organic reduction—Penalty.

18.39.220 - Unlawful business practices—Penalty.

18.39.231 - Prohibited advice and transactions—Exceptions—Rules—Penalty.

18.39.240 - Prearrangement funeral service contracts—License required.

18.39.250 - Prearrangement contracts—Trusts—Refunds.

18.39.255 - Prearrangement contracts—Insurance funded—Requirements.

18.39.260 - Prearrangement contracts—Certificates of registration required—Exception.

18.39.270 - Prearrangement contracts—Registration qualifications.

18.39.280 - Prearrangement contracts—Application for registration.

18.39.290 - Prearrangement contracts—Registration—Renewal—Fees—Disposition.

18.39.300 - Grounds for disciplinary action.

18.39.320 - Prearrangement contracts—Annual financial statement—Failure to file.

18.39.330 - Prearrangement contract forms—Approval required—Grounds for disapproval.

18.39.345 - Prearrangement trust—Examination by board.

18.39.350 - Violations—Penalty—Consumer protection—Retail installment contracts.

18.39.360 - Fraternal or benevolent organizations and labor unions excepted.

18.39.370 - Prearrangement service contracts—Abandoned trusts.

18.39.410 - Unprofessional conduct.

18.39.420 - Complaint to board—Submittal—Determination—Investigation—Immunity of complainant.

18.39.450 - Findings of fact—Order—Notice—Report.

18.39.467 - License suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance.

18.39.525 - Certificates of removal registration.

18.39.530 - Practice without license—Penalties.

18.39.560 - Uniform regulation of business and professions act.

18.39.570 - Military training or experience.

18.39.810 - Funeral and cemetery account.