Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) Definitions.
As used in this rule, the following definitions apply:
(a) "Person" includes natural persons,
corporations, limited liability companies, trusts, and partnerships.
(b) "Department" refers to the Florida
Department of Financial Services.
(2) A person involved in the sale or transfer
of burial rights under section
497.281, F.S., shall maintain
the following records for each sale or transfer of a burial right:
(a) The name, address, and phone number of
the person selling or transferring the burial right.
(b) The name, address, and phone number of
the person acquiring the burial rights.
(c) The date of the sale or
transfer.
(d) The price paid or to
be paid for the sale or transfer of the burial rights.
(e) The total amount of compensation paid to
the burial rights broker for the sale or transfer, with identification of who
has paid the burial rights broker; that is, the acquirer, the seller, or other
(named) person.
(f) The name and
address of the cemetery where the burial space is located.
(g) A record identifying the type of burial
rights: an in-ground interment space, a mausoleum, a columbarium, an ossuary,
or a scattering garden.
(h) A record
providing detailed identification of the specific location in the cemetery of
the burial space, using location identification nomenclature in current use by
the cemetery where the burial right is located.
1. Regarding in-ground interment spaces, such
detailed identification shall include the name of the garden, lot, plot, and
space number of the space.
2.
Regarding interment spaces in a mausoleum or columbarium, such detailed
identification shall include the unique name or number of the mausoleum or
columbarium building or structure, and the location of the crypt or niche
within that building or structure.
(i) A list of any merchandise or services
that were sold or transferred with the burial rights, if any, including
identification of any preneed contract that was transferred or sold.
(j) If the cemetery where the burial space is
located requires a burial right transfer form, documentation that such a form
has been filed, by whom, and on what date.
(k) If the cemetery where the burial space is
located requires payment of a burial rights transfer fee, documentation that
the burial rights transfer fee has been paid, by whom, and on what
date.
(l) A copy of any written or
printed agreement or agreements relating to the sale or transfer of the burial
right.
(m) Copies of all
correspondence to or from the burial rights broker regarding the sale or
transfer of the burial right.
(n)
The complaint log and related records required under section
497.151,
F.S.
(3)
(a) The records required to be maintained by
this rule shall be maintained at the burial rights broker's address identified
on the most recent licensure application or renewal form under section
497.281, F.S. The records shall
be maintained in written or in electronic form. If the records are maintained
in electronic form, the burial rights broker shall at all times have available
at the same place where the records are maintained, all equipment and software
needed to allow the immediate viewing of such records upon request by the
Department's inspector.
(b) When a
person licensed under the provisions of chapter 497, F.S., other than section
497.281, F.S., engages in
activity as a burial rights broker under section
497.281, F.S., such person shall
maintain the records required by subsection (2) of this rule, at such person's
primary place of business in Florida.
(4) Records required to be maintained under
this rule shall be kept until the later of the following dates:
(a) Five years after the date a final
interment has occurred using the burial rights that were the subject of the
sale or transfer;
(b) Twelve months
after the most recent inspection of the records by the Department under this
rule.
(5) The Department
of Financial Services shall inspect the records of each burial rights broker at
least once every two years.
Rulemaking Authority
497.103(5)(b),
497.281 FS. Law Implemented
497.103(2)(a),
497.281
FS.
New 5-25-09.