§ 316.010 Definitions for chapter
§ 316.030 Embalmer’s license — Qualifications — Funeral director’s license — Qualifications — Restriction on place of practice — Apprenticeship
§ 316.125 Funeral establishment license — Application — Fee — Each funeral establishment to be licensed separately — Supervision
§ 316.127 Licensing for establishments existing before July 12, 2006
§ 316.130 Expiration date of license — Renewal — Continuing education required for renewal — Fee — License not transferable
§ 316.131 Reinstatement of expired license
§ 316.132 Continuing education courses — Sponsors — Board approval — Certification of attendance
§ 316.140 Reciprocity for embalmer or funeral director licensed out of state — Application for courtesy card — Privileges and duties of courtesy card holder — Prohibited acts
§ 316.150 Nonissuance, nonrenewal, revocation, suspension, and probation of licenses
§ 316.155 Hearing by the board — Appeal
§ 316.165 Business of providing surface transportation or removal of dead human bodies — Permit to authorize — Providers and activities not eligible for permit — Administrative regulations
§ 316.170 Kentucky Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors — Membership — Qualifications — Compensation — Meetings
§ 316.210 Powers and duties of board
§ 316.260 Inspector of Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers
§ 316.990 Penalties
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 316 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Apprentice: means a person engaged in learning the practice of embalming or funeral directing who is under the instruction and personal supervision of a Kentucky-licensed embalmer or a Kentucky-licensed funeral director. See Kentucky Statutes 316.010
  • Board: means the Kentucky Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors. See Kentucky Statutes 316.010
  • Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Courtesy card: means a card that is issued by the board to a funeral director or an embalmer from another state that gives the director or embalmer permission to receive and transport a dead human body to and from Kentucky for a funeral and to
    conduct funeral services and burials in Kentucky. See Kentucky Statutes 316.010
  • Direct burial: means the pick-up, transport, and interment of a dead human body or body parts without a funeral. See Kentucky Statutes 316.010
  • Directors: when applied to corporations, includes managers or trustees. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Embalmer: means a person who preserves, restores, and disinfects dead human bodies by the application of chemical substances either externally or internally, or both. See Kentucky Statutes 316.010
  • Embalming service establishment: means a place of business where dead human bodies are embalmed or otherwise prepared or held for burial. See Kentucky Statutes 316.010
  • establishment: means : (a) A full-service funeral establishment. See Kentucky Statutes 316.010
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Full-service funeral establishment: means a place of business where dead human bodies may be embalmed or otherwise prepared and held for burial and where funeral services may be arranged, provided, and conducted. See Kentucky Statutes 316.010
  • Funeral: means the ceremonies or services related to the final disposition and interment of a human body or body parts. See Kentucky Statutes 316.010
  • Funeral director: means a person who, for profit, engages in or represents himself or herself as engaged in the supervision, direction, and arrangement of funeral services, transportation, burials, and disposals of dead human bodies. See Kentucky Statutes 316.010
  • In use: means that funeral directing or embalming is taking place in a funeral establishment. See Kentucky Statutes 316.010
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Supervision: means responsibility for the professional activities of the funeral establishment that requires a Kentucky-licensed funeral director or a Kentucky- licensed embalmer, as appropriate, to be on the premises when the funeral establishment is in use. See Kentucky Statutes 316.010
  • Sworn: includes "affirmed" in all cases in which an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Visitation and ceremonial funeral service establishment: means a location from which a funeral establishment may provide all services except embalming within either the same or adjoining county as that served by an affiliated full-service funeral establishment. See Kentucky Statutes 316.010
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010