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The 2000 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 470
Funeral Directing, Embalming, And Direct Disposition
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Chapter 470, Florida Statutes 2000

CHAPTER 470

FUNERAL DIRECTING, EMBALMING, AND DIRECT DISPOSITION

470.001  Legislative intent.

470.002  Definitions.

470.003  Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; membership; appointment; terms.

470.005  Rulemaking authority of board and department.

470.006  Licensure as an embalmer by examination; provisional license.

470.007  Licensure as an embalmer by endorsement; registration of a temporary embalmer.

470.008  Registration of an embalmer intern.

470.0085  Establishment of embalmer apprentice program.

470.0087  Practice of funeral directing.

470.009  Licensure as a funeral director by examination; provisional license.

470.011  Licensure as a funeral director by endorsement; registration of a temporary funeral director.

470.012  Registration of a funeral director intern.

470.013  License as funeral director and embalmer permitted; display of license.

470.014  Concurrent internships.

470.015  Renewal of funeral director and embalmer licenses.

470.016  Inactive status.

470.0165  Direct disposition; duties.

470.017  Registration as a direct disposer.

470.018  Renewal of registration of direct disposer.

470.019  Disciplinary actions against direct disposers and direct disposal establishments.

470.0201  Health and safety education.

470.021  Direct disposal establishment; standards and location; registration.

470.022  Direct disposition not funeral directing.

470.023  Practice of direct disposition without registration.

470.024  Funeral establishment; licensure.

470.025  Cinerator facility; licensure.

470.0255  Cremation; procedure required.

470.026  Solicitation of goods or services.

470.027  Exemption of certificateholder under chapter 497.

470.028  Preneed sales; registration of agents.

470.029  Reports of cases embalmed and bodies handled.

470.0294  Additional rights of legally authorized persons.

470.0295  Disinterment; transportation; authorization and notification.

470.0301  Removal services; refrigeration facilities; centralized embalming facilities.

470.031  Prohibitions; penalties.

470.0315  Storage, preservation, and transportation of human remains.

470.032  Unlawful to remove or embalm body without consent of proper official when crime is suspected.

470.033  Sale of funeral merchandise.

470.034  Disclosure of information to public.

470.035  Itemized price lists.

470.0355  Identification of human remains.

470.036  Disciplinary proceedings.

470.0375  Cash advance accounts; escrow refund accounts.

470.038  Reciprocity.

470.039  Exceptions.

470.0395  Branch chapels.