§ 333.011 Definitions
§ 333.021 Unlicensed person not to engage in practice of embalming or funeral directing
§ 333.031 Application for license — fees — examination
§ 333.041 Qualifications of applicants — examinations — licenses — board may waive ..
§ 333.042 Application and examination fees for funeral directors, apprenticeship ..
§ 333.051 Reciprocity, test required
§ 333.061 No funeral establishment to be operated by unlicensed person — license ..
§ 333.071 Business to be conducted where
§ 333.081 License renewal, fee — failure to renew, effect — business address required
§ 333.091 License to be displayed
§ 333.101 Places of business may be inspected
§ 333.111 Rules and regulations of board, procedure — fees, how set
§ 333.145 Written statement of charges, required when, content — merchandise prices ..
§ 333.151 Board members — qualifications — terms — vacancies
§ 333.161 Board members to take oath
§ 333.171 Board meetings — notice — seal
§ 333.181 Officers of board
§ 333.201 Examinations, notice, published, when
§ 333.221 Compensation of board members — board may employ personnel
§ 333.231 Fund created, use, funds transferred to general revenue, when
§ 333.251 Application of law
§ 333.261 Violations are misdemeanors
§ 333.310 Applicability of law
§ 333.315 Provider license required — application procedure — renewal of licensure — ..
§ 333.320 Seller license required — application procedure — renewal of licensure — ..
§ 333.325 Registration as a preneed agent required — application procedure — renewal ..
§ 333.330 Refusal of registration, when — complaint procedure — injunctive relief ..
§ 333.335 Injunctive relief authorized, when
§ 333.340 Rulemaking authority — fees
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws > Chapter 333 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Board: the state board of embalmers and funeral directors created by this chapter. See Missouri Laws 333.011
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Embalmer: any individual licensed to engage in the practice of embalming. See Missouri Laws 333.011
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Funeral director: any individual licensed to engage in the practice of funeral directing. See Missouri Laws 333.011
  • Funeral establishment: a building, place, crematory, or premises devoted to or used in the care and preparation for burial or transportation of the human dead and includes every building, place or premises maintained for that purpose or held out to the public by advertising or otherwise to be used for that purpose. See Missouri Laws 333.011
  • Funeral merchandise: caskets, grave vaults, receptacles, and other personal property incidental to the final disposition of a dead human body, including grave markers, monuments, tombstones, and urns. See Missouri Laws 333.011
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Incompetent: if used in a section in a context relating to actual occupational ability without reference to a court adjudication of incompetency, means the actual ability of a person to perform in that occupation. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: any individual, partnership, corporation, cooperative, association, or other entity. See Missouri Laws 333.011
  • 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.
  • Practice of embalming: the work of preserving, disinfecting and preparing by arterial embalming, including the chemical preparation of a dead human body for disposition. See Missouri Laws 333.011
  • Practice of funeral directing: engaging by an individual in the business of preparing, otherwise than by embalming, for the burial, disposal or transportation out of this state of, and the directing and supervising of the burial or disposal of, dead human bodies or engaging in the general control, supervision or management of the operations of a funeral establishment. See Missouri Laws 333.011
  • Preneed agent: any person authorized to sell a preneed contract for or on behalf of a seller. See Missouri Laws 333.011
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Provider: the person designated or obligated to provide the final disposition, funeral, or burial services or facilities, or funeral merchandise described in a preneed contract. See Missouri Laws 333.011
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Seller: the person who executes a preneed contract with a purchaser and who is obligated under such preneed contract to remit payment to the provider. See Missouri Laws 333.011
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • voter: is used in the laws of this state it shall mean registered voter, or legal voter. See Missouri Laws 1.035