General Bill
Funeral, Cemetery, and Other Disposition Services:
Revises provisions relating to funeral, cemetery, and other disposition services; requires a background investigation of all applicants for licensure or registration under ch. 470, including submission of fingerprints; provides for a fee; provides rulemaking authority; extends the embalmer apprentice period; provides additional requirements to be a direct disposal establishment and for inspection; revises requirements to be a funeral establishment; requires the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers to establish by rule the responsibilities of direct disposers and funeral directors in charge; revises cremation requirements for cinerator facilities relating to simultaneous cremations, body parts, cremation containers, and cremation chamber; provides exemption from liability for unintentional or incidental commingling of remains under certain conditions; provides for cremation of parts of human bodies incidental to final disposition; provides for control and supervision of preneed agents; extends the filing time for reports of bodies embalmed or handled; expands authority of legally authorized persons with respect to fetal remains; prohibits any guarantee on the future price of goods or services; revises requirements for identification of human remains prior to final disposition; provides requirements for identification of human remains in licensed and unlicensed cemeteries and by direct disposal establishments; applies disciplinary and administrative penalties to persons other than licensees and registrants; provides dimension and spacing standards for grave spaces; requires a map of reference markers and a land survey for areas proposed to be developed by a licensed cemetery company; exempts adult grave spaces previously established; provides requirements for identification of human remains in licensed cemeteries; prohibits any person from advertising for sale or making any arrangement for a preneed contract without having a valid certificate of authority; expands the exemption from the required certificate of authority for certain religious-institution-owned cemeteries to include the sale and opening or closing of cremation interment containers to members and family members of the religious institution; requires preneed contracts to include in the refund notice the exclusion for amounts allocable to burial rights, merchandise, and services used by the purchaser; authorizes the Board of Funeral and Cemetery Services to review the trust funds, trust agreements, and outstanding preneed contracts of, and perform other procedures at its discretion with respect to, a certificateholder filing notice to become inactive.
Effective Date:
Not Specified
Last Event:
Died in Committee on Business Regulation on Friday, April 30, 2004 11:40 PM
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Bill #:
HB 323 CS
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Subject:
Regulation of the Funeral and Cemetery Industry
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Bill #:
CS/CS/SB 528
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Subject:
Funeral & Cemetery Industry
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H Died in Committee on Business Regulation
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04/30/2004 - 11:40 PM
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Business Regulation
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H 1st Reading
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03/03/2004 - 1:21 AM
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H Now In Business Regulation
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01/13/2004 - 4:12 PM
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Business Regulation
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H Bill referred to Appropriations
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01/13/2004 - 4:12 PM
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Appropriations
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H Bill referred to Subcommittee on Commerce & Local Affairs Appropriations
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01/13/2004 - 4:12 PM
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Subcommittee on Commerce & Local Affairs Appropriations
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H Bill referred to Finance & Tax
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01/13/2004 - 4:12 PM
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Finance & Tax
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H Bill referred to State Administration
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01/13/2004 - 4:12 PM
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State Administration
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H Bill referred to Business Regulation
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01/13/2004 - 4:12 PM
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Business Regulation
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H Filed timely
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Time:
12/04/2003 - 8:47 AM
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Detert
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