SB 551 Summary

• Requires funeral directors in charge to hold both current funeral director and embalmer licenses starting July 1, 2013, with grandfather provision for existing establishments

• Allows grandfathered funeral directors without dual licenses to continue serving funeral service establishments and crematories, but prohibits them from managing commercial embalming establishments

• Adds new grounds for license denial or suspension, including intentional interference with Board investigations, failure to produce records, and failure to discharge financial obligations

• Modifies crematory licensing to require operation in conjunction with funeral or commercial embalming establishments rather than as separate entities

• Declares an emergency effective date of July 1, 2013 for implementation of these provisions