SB 1210 Summary

• Transfers regulatory authority over funeral services from the State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers to the Department of Health Services, effective March 31, 2023.

• Replaces the board with a seven-member advisory committee (two funeral directors, one embalmer, one cremationist, three public members) to provide recommendations to the director.

• Simplifies licensing by removing separate registration categories for interns, embalmers' assistants, and prearranged funeral salespersons, consolidating requirements under primary licenses for funeral directors and embalmers.

• Allows the department to set reasonable fees through rulemaking rather than fixed statutory amounts, with fees deposited into the health services licensing fund.

• Removes the state board from the list of self-supporting regulatory boards under the office of administrative hearings framework.