Florida Administrative Code
69 - DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
69K - Division of Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services
Chapter 69K-9 - ADVERTISING AND SOLICITATION
Section 69K-9.003 - Solicitation in Healthcare Facilities

(1) For purposes of the rule, "healthcare facilities" shall include hospitals and nursing homes.

(2) The prohibitions contained in this rule shall not encompass contact made by telephone call to individuals who are residents of or patients in healthcare facilities if said contacts are made to a telephone which operates on a private, outside line which is under the exclusive control of the resident or patient and which operates independently of the healthcare facility's normal business telephone system.

(3) The Board finds that the uninvited solicitation of sales for burial rights, funeral merchandise or funeral services of persons who are residents of or patients in healthcare facilities is not in the public interest and constitutes intimidating, overreaching and vexatious conduct. Such solicitation constitutes an uninvited invasion of personal privacy.

(4) No licensee shall solicit or cause to be solicited a person who resides in a healthcare facility unless the solicitation has been previously and expressly requested by the person being solicited.