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OH HB481
Bill
Status
3/22/2013
Primary Sponsor
William Batchelder
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AI Summary
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Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors may issue courtesy cards to funeral directors in bordering states authorizing them to prepare death certificates, supervise funeral ceremonies, and conduct interments in Ohio, with restrictions on arranging funerals, employment, advertising, and embalming in the state.
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Embalmers and funeral directors may place their licenses on inactive status if in good standing and compliant with continuing education; they must wait at least two years before reactivating and must pass the Ohio laws examination and pay a $140 reactivation fee per license.
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Funeral homes may continue operating after a sale if a licensed funeral director applies for a new license within 30 days of the closing, and funeral homes no longer serve as guarantors of decedent identity but instead must conduct only visual identification of remains.
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Out-of-state funeral directors without Ohio licenses may assist licensed funeral directors during declared disasters or emergencies in the state.
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Joint county departments of job and family services and detention facility district employees are authorized to participate in deferred compensation programs; certain self-insurance records of political subdivisions are exempt from public records requirements.
Legislative Description
To authorize the Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors to issue courtesy licenses to allow funeral directors in bordering states to conduct limited funeral-related activities in Ohio; to permit embalmers and funeral directors to place their licenses on inactive status; to clarify that, upon the sale of the funeral home, the home may remain operating based upon a submission of a new license application to the Board; to permit out-of-state funeral directors without a license to work with licensed funeral directors during a declared disaster or emergency; to eliminate the requirement that funeral homes be the guarantor of the identity of decedents and instead require funeral homes to complete only visual identification of remains; to exempt certain records concerning individual and joint self insurance of political subdivisions from the public records law; and to authorize joint county department of job and family services employees and detention facility district employees to participate in a deferred compensation program.
Embalmers & funeral directors-regulation
Last Action
Effective Date
3/22/2013