§ 5-33.2-15. Annual renewal of licenses.
All licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter must be renewed annually by their holders, who shall pay to the division a yearly renewal fee for the renewal of a funeral director/embalmer’s license, and additional fees for each funeral-establishment branch office license and for the crematory license. These fees are as set forth in § 23-1-54. On or before the fifteenth day of November in each year, the division shall mail to each licensed funeral director/embalmer and to each licensed funeral establishment, funeral-establishment branch office, and crematory an application for the renewal. Applications, accompanied by the fee for renewal, shall be filed with the division on or before the thirty-first day of December in each year. Applications filed after the thirty-first of December and on or before the fifteenth of January must be accompanied by a fee as set forth in § 23-1-54 for funeral director/embalmers and funeral establishments in addition to the previously established renewal fees. Any funeral director/embalmer who acts or holds himself or herself out as a funeral director/embalmer after his or her certificate has been lapsed shall be punished as provided in this chapter. Any funeral establishment, funeral-establishment branch office, or crematory that acts or holds itself out as a funeral establishment after its license has lapsed shall be punished as provided in this chapter.
History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 255, § 2; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 14, § 8; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 39, § 6; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 7.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 5-33.2 - Funeral Director/Embalmer and Funeral Service Establishments
Section 5-33.2-1. - Definitions.
Section 5-33.2-2. - Board of examiners — Qualifications and removal of members — Vacancies.
Section 5-33.2-3. - Rules and regulations.
Section 5-33.2-4. - Unlicensed practice unlawful.
Section 5-33.2-5. - Application for license — Application fee.
Section 5-33.2-6. - Qualifications of funeral director/embalmers.
Section 5-33.2-7. - Armed forces embalming experience.
Section 5-33.2-8. - Participation in burial certificate plans.
Section 5-33.2-9. - Cemetery operators ineligible to conduct business of funeral directing.
Section 5-33.2-10. - Issuance of licenses — Expiration and renewal of licenses.
Section 5-33.2-11. - Display of licenses — Assignment of licenses prohibited.
Section 5-33.2-12. - Funeral establishment and branch offices licenses.
Section 5-33.2-13.1. - Crematories — License and inspection.
Section 5-33.2-13.2. - Cremation of human remains.
Section 5-33.2-14. - Payments for securing business prohibited.
Section 5-33.2-15. - Annual renewal of licenses.
Section 5-33.2-16. - Funeral director/embalmer — Internship.
Section 5-33.2-17. - Revocation or suspension of license.
Section 5-33.2-18. - Summons of witnesses.
Section 5-33.2-20. - Restricted receipts accounts for fees.
Section 5-33.2-21. - Penalty for violations.
Section 5-33.2-22. - Complaints of violations.
Section 5-33.2-23. - Severability.
Section 5-33.2-24. - Proper authority for funeral arrangements and disposition of human remains.
Section 5-33.2-25. - Mandatory continuing education training.