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HOUSE BILL NO. 33 – Morticians, licenses, fees

HOUSE BILL NO. 33

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H0033aa......................................................by MR. SPEAKER
               Requested by: Bureau of Occupational Licenses
MORTICIANS - Amends existing law relating to morticians, funeral directors
and embalmers to strike a reference to oral examination; to increase
maximum fees; to strike a reference to the time in which licenses will be
issued; and to provide for annual renewal, cancellation and reinstatement
of licenses
                                                                        
01/08    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
    Rpt prt - to Bus
02/22    Rpt out - to Gen Ord
    Rpt out amen - to engros
02/23    Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
02/26    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
02/27    3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 60-3-7
      AYES -- Barraclough, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe, Bolz, Bradford,
      Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Collins, Crow, Cuddy,
      Deal, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13), Field(20),
      Gagner, Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Harwood, Henbest, Higgins, Hornbeck,
      Jaquet, Kellogg, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Langford, Loertscher, Mader,
      Marley, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moyle, Pearce, Pischner,
      Pomeroy, Raybould, Ridinger, Roberts, Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd,
      Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Tilman, Wheeler, Young, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- Barrett, McKague, Sali
      Absent and excused -- Jones, Moss, Robison, Stone, Swan, Trail, Wood
    Floor Sponsor -- Meyer
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/28    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Com/HuRes
03/13    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/14    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/20    3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 35-0-0
      AYES -- Andreason, Branch, Boatright, Brandt, Bunderson, Burtenshaw,
      Cameron, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure,
      Geddes, Goedde, Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Lee,
      Lodge, Noh, Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sims, Sorensen,
      Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams,
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor -- Andreason
    Title apvd - to House
03/21    To enrol
03/22    Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed - to Gov
03/23    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 136
         Effective: 07/01/01

Bill Text


                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  First Regular Session - 2001
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 33
                                                                        
                                       BY MR. SPEAKER
                       Requested by: Bureau of Occupational Licenses
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO MORTICIANS, FUNERAL  DIRECTORS  AND  EMBALMERS;  AMENDING  SECTION
  3        54-1108,  IDAHO  CODE, TO STRIKE A REFERENCE TO ORAL EXAMINATION; AMENDING
  4        SECTION 54-1115, IDAHO CODE, TO INCREASE MAXIMUM FEES, TO STRIKE A  REFER-
  5        ENCE TO TIME IN WHICH LICENSES WILL BE ISSUED AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL COR-
  6        RECTION;  AMENDING  CHAPTER 11, TITLE 54, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A
  7        NEW SECTION 54-1115A, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR ANNUAL RENEWAL, CANCELLA-
  8        TION AND REINSTATEMENT OF LICENSES; AND AMENDING  SECTION  54-1116,  IDAHO
  9        CODE, TO BROADEN DISCIPLINARY AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OF MORTICIANS.
                                                                        
 10    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 11        SECTION  1.  That  Section 54-1108, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 12    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 13        54-1108.  EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS FOR LICENSE -- SUBJECTS --  CERTIFICA-
 14    TION  OF RESULTS. The board of morticians shall have the sole power for deter-
 15    mining the nature, type and extent of examinations to be taken  by  applicants
 16    for  a  mortician's license, but such examinations shall include generally the
 17    following subjects: anatomy, chemistry, physiology, psychology, sanitary  sci-
 18    ence,  the  care, disinfection, preservation, transportation of and burial, or
 19    other final disposition of dead human bodies, the law of the  state  of  Idaho
 20    and the rules of the state department of health and welfare relating to infec-
 21    tious  diseases and quarantine. The board shall grade, or cause to have graded
 22    by licensed morticians, the  examinations  and  shall  determine  whether  the
 23    applicant  has  passed or failed such examination. Examinations may be written
 24    or oral, or both, as determined in at the discretion of the board,  and  shall
 25    be  held  at such times and at such places within the state of Idaho as deter-
 26    mined by the board of morticians. National conference examinations, passed  at
 27    an  accredited  embalming college, may be accepted by the board. Upon the con-
 28    clusion of grading any and  all  of  the  above  examinations,  the  board  of
 29    morticians  shall  certify the results listing each applicant as having failed
 30    or passed the examination, and such determination  shall  not  be  subject  to
 31    review.
                                                                        
 32        SECTION  2.  That  Section 54-1115, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 33    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 34        54-1115.  LICENSE FEES. There shall be paid with the filing of any  appli-
 35    cation  for  an  original  license,  or  the applications for any renewal of a
 36    license, the following license fees:
 37        A.  Not more than fifty one hundred  dollars  ($50.100)  for  a  mortician
 38    license.
 39        B.  Not more than fifty one hundred dollars ($50.100) for a funeral direc-
 40    tor license.
 41        C.  Not  more than seventy-five one hundred fifty dollars ($75.0150) for a
                                                                        
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  1    funeral establishment license.
  2        D.  Not more than fifty one  hundred  dollars  ($50.100)  for  a  resident
  3    trainee license.
  4        E.  Not more than fifty one hundred dollars ($50.100) for a certificate of
  5    authority.
  6        F.  Not  more than fifty one hundred dollars ($50.100) application fee for
  7    endorsement and/or examination.
  8        All licenses shall be issued on a calendar or fiscal year basis, as deter-
  9    mined by the board, and tThere shall be no proration of fees for  a  part-year
 10    license. All fees shall be paid to the bureau of occupational licenses.
                                                                        
 11        SECTION  3.  That  Chapter  11,  Title 54, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
 12    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
 13    ignated as Section 54-1115A, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 14        54-1115A.  ANNUAL  RENEWAL  -- CANCELLATION -- REINSTATEMENT. All licenses
 15    issued pursuant to this act shall expire on June 30 of each year;  all  licen-
 16    sees shall renew their licenses on or before July 1 of each year. In the event
 17    a  licensee  fails to renew a license as provided, the board shall immediately
 18    cancel the license following the date of delinquency; provided  however,  that
 19    the  board may reinstate any license canceled for failure to renew the same on
 20    payment of two hundred fifty dollars ($250), together with all fees delinquent
 21    at the time of cancellation and the renewal fee for each year thereafter up to
 22    the time of reinstatement.
 23        Provided further, that where a license has been canceled for a  period  of
 24    more  than  five  (5)  years, the person so affected shall be required to make
 25    application to the board, using the same forms and furnishing the same  infor-
 26    mation  as required of a person originally applying for a license, and pay the
 27    same fee that is required of a person taking the examination in the particular
 28    profession in which said person holds a canceled Idaho license. Said applicant
 29    shall appear in person before the board at any regular or special meeting  for
 30    an examination, the nature of which shall be determined by the board. If after
 31    an  examination,  the  board is of the opinion that the person examined is the
 32    bona fide holder of the canceled license, is of good moral character  and,  if
 33    found  capable  of again practicing in this state the profession for which the
 34    original or canceled license was granted, the license shall be reinstated  and
 35    the holder thereof entitled to practice subject to the laws of this state.
                                                                        
 36        SECTION  4.  That  Section 54-1116, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 37    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 38        54-1116.  DENIAL, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES -- GROUNDS -- PRO-
 39    BATION. The board may refuse to issue or may refuse to renew or may suspend or
 40    may revoke or may impose any other discipline upon any license, or  may  place
 41    the  holder thereof on a term of probation, after proper hearing, upon finding
 42    that the holder of such license committed any of the following acts  or  omis-
 43    sions:
 44        A.  Conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude.
 45        B.  Conviction of a felony.
 46        C.  Unprofessional conduct, which is hereby defined to include:
 47        (1)  Misrepresentation  or  fraud  in  the conduct of mortician or funeral
 48        director services;
 49        (2)  False or misleading advertising as the holder of a  license  for  the
 50        practice  of  mortician or funeral director services; advertising or using
 51        the name of a person who is not an employee of the  funeral  establishment
                                                                        
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  1        in connection with that of any funeral establishment;
  2        (3)  Solicitation of dead human bodies by the licensee, his agents, assis-
  3        tants or employees, whether such solicitation occurs before death or after
  4        death;  provided, that this shall not be deemed to prohibit general adver-
  5        tising;
  6        (4)  Employment  by  the  licensee  of  persons  known  as  "cappers,"  or
  7        "steerers," or "solicitors," or other such persons to  solicit  or  obtain
  8        agreements with the public for the performance of mortician services;
  9        (5)  Employment  directly  or  indirectly, of any resident trainee, agent,
 10        assistant, employee, or other person, on part or full time, or on  commis-
 11        sion, for the purpose of calling upon individuals or institutions by whose
 12        influence  dead human bodies may be turned over to a particular mortician,
 13        funeral director or funeral establishment;
 14        (6)  The direct or indirect payment, or offer of payment, of a  commission
 15        by  the  licensee, his agents, assistants, or employees for the purpose of
 16        securing business;
 17        (7)  Gross immorality;
 18        (8)  Aiding or abetting an unlicensed  person  to  practice  mortician  or
 19        funeral director services;
 20        (9)  Using profane, indecent or obscene language in the presence of a dead
 21        human  body, or within the immediate hearing of the family or relatives of
 22        a deceased, whose body has not yet been interred or otherwise disposed of;
 23        (10) Violation of any of the provisions of this act;
 24        (11) Violation of any state law, or municipal or county ordinance, or reg-
 25        ulation authorized under this act affecting the handling,  custody,  care,
 26        processing or transportation of dead human bodies;
 27        (12) Fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining or renewing a license;
 28        (13) Refusing  to promptly surrender the custody of a dead human body upon
 29        the express order of the person lawfully entitled to the custody thereof;
 30        (14) Solicitation or acceptance, directly or  indirectly,  of  a  request,
 31        before  need,  for  an  agreement to provide mortician services or funeral
 32        supplies at a price less than that offered by such  person  to  others  at
 33        time of need;
 34        (15) Violation  of any statutes of any state having to do with prearrange-
 35        ment or prefinancing of mortician services or funeral supplies.

Amendment


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  First Regular Session - 2001
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                     Moved by    Meyer               
                                                                        
                                                     Seconded by Gagner              
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                               HOUSE AMENDMENT TO H.B. NO. 33
                                                                        
  1                                AMENDMENT TO THE BILL
  2        On page 2 of the printed bill, delete lines 36 through 51; and on page  3,
  3    delete lines 1 through 35.
                                                                        
  4                                 CORRECTION TO TITLE
  5        On  page  1,  in  line  8, delete "; AND AMENDING SECTION 54-1116, IDAHO",
  6    delete line 9 and insert: ".".

Engrossed Bill (Original Bill with Amendment(s) Incorporated)


                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  First Regular Session - 2001
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                               HOUSE BILL NO. 33, As Amended
                                                                        
                                       BY MR. SPEAKER
                       Requested by: Bureau of Occupational Licenses
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO MORTICIANS, FUNERAL  DIRECTORS  AND  EMBALMERS;  AMENDING  SECTION
  3        54-1108,  IDAHO  CODE, TO STRIKE A REFERENCE TO ORAL EXAMINATION; AMENDING
  4        SECTION 54-1115, IDAHO CODE, TO INCREASE MAXIMUM FEES, TO STRIKE A  REFER-
  5        ENCE TO TIME IN WHICH LICENSES WILL BE ISSUED AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL COR-
  6        RECTION;  AMENDING  CHAPTER 11, TITLE 54, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A
  7        NEW SECTION 54-1115A, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR ANNUAL RENEWAL, CANCELLA-
  8        TION AND REINSTATEMENT OF LICENSES.
                                                                        
  9    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 10        SECTION 1.  That Section 54-1108, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 11    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 12        54-1108.  EXAMINATION  OF APPLICANTS FOR LICENSE -- SUBJECTS -- CERTIFICA-
 13    TION OF RESULTS. The board of morticians shall have the sole power for  deter-
 14    mining  the  nature, type and extent of examinations to be taken by applicants
 15    for a mortician's license, but such examinations shall include  generally  the
 16    following  subjects: anatomy, chemistry, physiology, psychology, sanitary sci-
 17    ence, the care, disinfection, preservation, transportation of and  burial,  or
 18    other  final  disposition  of dead human bodies, the law of the state of Idaho
 19    and the rules of the state department of health and welfare relating to infec-
 20    tious diseases and quarantine. The board shall grade, or cause to have  graded
 21    by  licensed  morticians,  the  examinations  and  shall determine whether the
 22    applicant has passed or failed such examination. Examinations may  be  written
 23    or  oral,  or both, as determined in at the discretion of the board, and shall
 24    be held at such times and at such places within the state of Idaho  as  deter-
 25    mined  by the board of morticians. National conference examinations, passed at
 26    an accredited embalming college, may be accepted by the board. Upon  the  con-
 27    clusion  of  grading  any  and  all  of  the  above examinations, the board of
 28    morticians shall certify the results listing each applicant as  having  failed
 29    or  passed  the  examination,  and  such determination shall not be subject to
 30    review.
                                                                        
 31        SECTION 2.  That Section 54-1115, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 32    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 33        54-1115.  LICENSE  FEES. There shall be paid with the filing of any appli-
 34    cation for an original license, or the  applications  for  any  renewal  of  a
 35    license, the following license fees:
 36        A.  Not  more  than  fifty  one  hundred dollars ($50.100) for a mortician
 37    license.
 38        B.  Not more than fifty one hundred dollars ($50.100) for a funeral direc-
 39    tor license.
 40        C.  Not more than seventy-five one hundred fifty dollars ($75.0150) for  a
 41    funeral establishment license.
                                                                        
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  1        D.  Not  more  than  fifty  one  hundred  dollars ($50.100) for a resident
  2    trainee license.
  3        E.  Not more than fifty one hundred dollars ($50.100) for a certificate of
  4    authority.
  5        F.  Not more than fifty one hundred dollars ($50.100) application fee  for
  6    endorsement and/or examination.
  7        All licenses shall be issued on a calendar or fiscal year basis, as deter-
  8    mined  by  the board, and tThere shall be no proration of fees for a part-year
  9    license. All fees shall be paid to the bureau of occupational licenses.
                                                                        
 10        SECTION 3.  That Chapter 11, Title 54, Idaho Code, be,  and  the  same  is
 11    hereby  amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
 12    ignated as Section 54-1115A, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 13        54-1115A.  ANNUAL RENEWAL -- CANCELLATION -- REINSTATEMENT.  All  licenses
 14    issued  pursuant  to this act shall expire on June 30 of each year; all licen-
 15    sees shall renew their licenses on or before July 1 of each year. In the event
 16    a licensee fails to renew a license as provided, the board  shall  immediately
 17    cancel  the  license following the date of delinquency; provided however, that
 18    the board may reinstate any license canceled for failure to renew the same  on
 19    payment of two hundred fifty dollars ($250), together with all fees delinquent
 20    at the time of cancellation and the renewal fee for each year thereafter up to
 21    the time of reinstatement.
 22        Provided  further,  that where a license has been canceled for a period of
 23    more than five (5) years, the person so affected shall  be  required  to  make
 24    application  to the board, using the same forms and furnishing the same infor-
 25    mation as required of a person originally applying for a license, and pay  the
 26    same fee that is required of a person taking the examination in the particular
 27    profession in which said person holds a canceled Idaho license. Said applicant
 28    shall  appear in person before the board at any regular or special meeting for
 29    an examination, the nature of which shall be determined by the board. If after
 30    an examination, the board is of the opinion that the person  examined  is  the
 31    bona  fide  holder of the canceled license, is of good moral character and, if
 32    found capable of again practicing in this state the profession for  which  the
 33    original  or canceled license was granted, the license shall be reinstated and
 34    the holder thereof entitled to practice subject to the laws of this state.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                  STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                       RS 10504

The fee cap increase in this legislation will allow the 
board to increase fees by rule.  Fee increases are necessary 
to generate additional funding for continued board operation 
and will prevent the board from incurring a deficit account. 
The increase in the reinstatement penalty will provide an 
effective deterrent to those who routinely fail to renew their 
licenses and continue to operate or practice unlawfully.  Both 
the penalty and reinstatement language is taken from The Bureau 
of Occupational Licenses statute. This legislation also allows 
the board the discretion to apply discipline other than the 
suspension or revocation of a license. This action is taken at 
the Deputy AG's suggestion which will allow the board to enter 
into consent agreements with licensees to assess fines and 
recover costs rather than being forced to go through the  
hearing process (which is more costly to both the board and 
the licensee; typically $5  $50 thousand).

                          FISCAL IMPACT

There is no fiscal impact to the general fund. An increase in 
fees will be necessary by rule to meet operating expenses.  
The estimated increase in annual revenue is $13,600 in dedicated 
funds.

CONTACT
Name: Thomas E. Limbaugh, 
Bureau of Occupational Licenses, Board of Morticians
Phone: 334-3233

Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Note                       H33