TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 11

MORTICIANS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS

54-1138.  Enforcement penalty — Disclosure of contracts upon sale of business. (1) Sections 54-1129 through 54-1143, Idaho Code, shall be enforced by the Idaho state board of morticians or by the Idaho state board of cemeterians, depending upon whether the seller is a mortician/funeral director or cemeterian, who shall have authority to promulgate rules to enforce the provisions.

(2)  Any person violating the provisions of sections 54-1129 through 54-1143, Idaho Code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor unless such act is punishable as a felony elsewhere under law.

(3)  No funeral service or funeral merchandise provider, be it funeral home or cemetery or third party seller, shall go out of business or sell a substantial part or all of its assets to any other person or firm without first disclosing the full particulars of all prearrangement sales contracts entered into by such seller, including the date of such contract, the purchaser thereof, the beneficiary, the amount of the trust, the name and location of trustee, and the merchandise or services to be provided under the terms of the contract.

History:

[54-1138, added 1989, ch. 138, sec. 2, p. 316; am. 2003, ch. 257, sec. 20, p. 679.]