(1) A license is required to engage in the practice of funeral service, except as specifically provided in Sections 58-1-307 and 58-9-305.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 58-9-301

  • Director: means the director of the Division of Professional Licensing. See Utah Code 58-1-102
  • Division: means the Division of Professional Licensing created in Section 58-1-103. See Utah Code 58-1-102
  • Funeral service: means a service, rite, or ceremony performed:
         (19)(a) with respect to the death of a human; and
         (19)(b) with the body of the deceased present. See Utah Code 58-9-102
  • Funeral service establishment: includes :
              (21)(b)(i) all portions of the business premises and all tools, instruments, and supplies used in the preparation and embalming of dead human bodies for burial, cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, and final disposition as defined by division rule; and
              (21)(b)(ii) a facility used by the business in which funeral services may be conducted. See Utah Code 58-9-102
  • Funeral service intern: means an individual licensed under this chapter who is permitted to:
         (22)(a) assist a funeral service director in the embalming or other preparation of a dead human body for disposition;
         (22)(b) assist a funeral service director in the cremation, calcination, alkaline hydrolysis, or pulverization of a dead human body or its remains; and
         (22)(c) perform other funeral service activities under the supervision of a funeral service director. See Utah Code 58-9-102
  • Person: means :
         (24)(a) an individual;
         (24)(b) an association;
         (24)(c) an institution;
         (24)(d) a corporation;
         (24)(e) a company;
         (24)(f) a trust;
         (24)(g) a limited liability company;
         (24)(h) a partnership;
         (24)(i) a political subdivision;
         (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
         (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Preneed funeral arrangement: means a written or oral agreement sold in advance of the death of the beneficiary under which a person agrees with a buyer to provide at the death of the beneficiary any of the following as are typically provided in connection with a disposition:
              (26)(a)(i) goods;
              (26)(a)(ii) services, including:
                   (26)(a)(ii)(A) embalming services; and
                   (26)(a)(ii)(B) funeral directing services;
              (26)(a)(iii) real property; or
              (26)(a)(iv) personal property, including:
                   (26)(a)(iv)(A) a casket;
                   (26)(a)(iv)(B) another primary container;
                   (26)(a)(iv)(C) a cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, or transportation container;
                   (26)(a)(iv)(D) an outer burial container;
                   (26)(a)(iv)(E) a vault;
                   (26)(a)(iv)(F) a grave liner;
                   (26)(a)(iv)(G) funeral clothing and accessories;
                   (26)(a)(iv)(H) a monument;
                   (26)(a)(iv)(I) a grave marker; and
                   (26)(a)(iv)(J) a cremation or alkaline hydrolysis urn. See Utah Code 58-9-102
  • Sales agent: means an individual licensed under this chapter as a preneed funeral arrangement sales agent. See Utah Code 58-9-102
(2) The division shall issue to a person who qualifies under this chapter a license in the classification of:

     (2)(a) funeral service director;
     (2)(b) funeral service intern;
     (2)(c) funeral service establishment; or
     (2)(d) preneed funeral arrangement sales agent.