Missouri · statute · Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 333 · 29 active provisions
1. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms have the meanings indicated: (1) "Board", the state board of embalmers and funeral directors created by this chapter; (2) "Embalmer", any individual licensed to engage in the practice of embalming; (3) "Funeral director", any individ…
1. No person shall engage in the practice of embalming in this state unless he has a license as required by this chapter. 2. No person shall engage in the practice of funeral directing unless he has a license issued under this chapter nor shall any person use in connection with his name or business any of the words "un…
Each application for a license to practice either embalming or funeral directing shall be in writing, addressed to the board, on forms prescribed, verified and shall contain such information as is required by the board. The application shall include a statement that it is made under oath or affirmation and that its rep…
1. Every person desiring to enter the profession of embalming dead human bodies within the state of Missouri and who is enrolled in a program of education accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education, any successor organization, or other accrediting entity as approved by the board shall register with t…
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, an applicant for a funeral director license not entitled to a license under section 333.051 or 324.009 shall make application for an initial license to practice funeral directing and shall furnish evidence to establish to the satisfaction of the board that he or she: (1)…
A person holding a valid, unrevoked and unexpired license to practice funeral directing or embalming in another state or territory with requirements less than those of this state may, after five consecutive years of active experience as a licensed funeral director or embalmer in that state, apply for a license to pract…
1. No funeral establishment shall be operated in this state unless the owner or operator thereof has a license issued by the board. 2. A license for the operation of a funeral establishment shall be issued by the board, if the board finds: (1) That the establishment is under the general management and the supervision o…
The business or profession of an individual licensed to practice embalming or funeral directing shall be conducted and engaged in at a funeral establishment. This section does not prevent a licensed funeral director owning or employed by a licensed funeral establishment from conducting an individual funeral from anothe…
1. Each license issued to a funeral director or embalmer pursuant to this chapter shall expire unless renewed on or before the renewal date. The board may, however, provide for the renewal of licenses held by individuals who are not actively engaged in practice and who are over sixty-five years of age without fee. The…
All licenses or registrations, or duplicates thereof, issued pursuant to this chapter shall be displayed at each place of business.
The board or any member thereof or any agent duly authorized by it may enter the office, premises, establishment or place of business of any licensee or registrant, or any office, premises, establishment or place where the practice of funeral directing, embalming, preneed selling or providing is carried on, or where su…
1. The board shall adopt and enforce rules and regulations for the transaction of its business and for standards of service and practice to be followed in the professions of embalming and funeral directing deemed by it necessary for the public good and consistent with the laws of this state. The board may also prescrib…
1. Every funeral firm in this state or the funeral service licensee thereof shall give or cause to be given to the person or persons making funeral arrangements or arranging for the disposition of a dead human body, at the time such arrangements are completed and prior to the time of rendering the service or providing…
1. The state board of embalmers and funeral directors shall consist of six members, including one voting public member appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Each member, other than the public member, appointed shall possess either a license to practice embalming or a license to practice f…
Each member of the board shall be duly commissioned by the governor and shall take and subscribe an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the state of Missouri and to demean himself faithfully in office. A copy of the oath shall be endorsed on the commission.
The board shall hold at least two regular meetings each year for the purpose of administering examinations at times and places fixed by the board. Other meetings shall be held at the times fixed by regulations of the board or on the call of the chairman of the board. Notice of the time and place of each regular or spec…
At one of its regular meetings, the board shall elect a chairman, vice chairman and secretary from the members of the board. Each such officer shall serve as such for a term fixed by regulation of the board and shall perform such duties as are required by the regulations of the board and by law.
The board shall publish notice of each examination held by the board at least thirty days before any examination is to be held, advising the time and place of the examination.
1. Each member of the board shall receive as compensation an amount set by the board not to exceed fifty dollars for each day devoted to the affairs of the board, and shall be entitled to reimbursement of his expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of his official duties. 2. The board may employ such board perso…
1. All fees payable under this chapter shall be collected by the division of professional registration and transmitted to the department of revenue for deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the fund to be known as the "Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors' Fund". 2. All compensation of board members and em…
Nothing in this chapter shall apply to nor in any manner interfere with the duties of any officer of local or state institutions, nor shall this chapter apply to any person engaged simply in the furnishing of burial receptacles for the dead at the time of need.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
The provisions of sections 333.310 to 333.340 shall not apply to a cemetery operator who sells contracts or arrangements for services for which payments received by, or on behalf of, the purchaser are required to be placed in an endowed care fund or for which a deposit into a segregated account is required under chapte…
1. No person shall be designated as a provider or agree to perform the obligations of a provider under a preneed contract unless, at the time of such agreement or designation, such person is licensed as a preneed provider by the board. Nothing in this section shall exempt any person from meeting the licensure requireme…
1. No person shall sell, perform, or agree to perform the seller's obligations under, or be designated as the seller of, any preneed contract unless, at the time of the sale, performance, agreement, or designation, such person is licensed by the board as a seller and authorized and registered with the Missouri secretar…