Rhode Island General Laws 5-33.2-14. Payments for securing business prohibited
Every funeral establishment, funeral director/embalmer, or his, her, or its agent or representatives, who pays, or causes to be paid, directly or indirectly, any sum of money or other valuable consideration for the securing of business, and every person who accepts any sum of money or other valuable consideration, directly or indirectly, from a funeral director/embalmer or an agent or owner of a funeral establishment in order that the latter may obtain business, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished as subsequently provided, and the certificate of any funeral director/embalmer or the license of any funeral establishment violating the provisions of this section or whose agents or servants violate these provisions, shall be revoked by the division. This section does not prohibit the funeral establishment or funeral director/embalmer from advertising.
History of Section.
P.L. 1995, ch. 255, § 2.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-33.2-14
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Division: means the division of professional regulation created under chapter 26 of this title. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-33.2-1
- Funeral: means a period following death in which there are religious services or other rites or ceremonies with the body of the deceased present. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-33.2-1
- Funeral establishment: means a fixed place, establishment, or premises, licensed by the department, devoted to the activities that are incident, convenient, or related to the care and preparation, arrangement, financial and otherwise, for the funeral, transportation, burial, or other disposition of human dead bodies and including, but not limited to, a suitable room with all instruments and supplies used for the storage or preparation of dead human bodies for burial or other disposition. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-33.2-1
- Person: includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, limited-liability companies, associations, and organizations of all kinds. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-33.2-1