Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS
316.125(2),
316.130(2),
(4), (5),
316.132,
316.140(2)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
316.125(2)(a) and (b)
require the board to issue an appropriate establishment license to an applicant
who meets the statutory requirements.
KRS
316.130(2), (4), and (5)
establish the renewal and continuing education requirements for licensure.
KRS
316.132 establishes the requirements for
continuing education courses, board approval of continuing education courses,
and certification for attendance thereof.
KRS
316.140(2) establishes the
requirements for a person holding an embalmer's or funeral director's license
issued in another state or federal district to obtain a courtesy card.
KRS
316.210(1) authorizes the
board to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out and enforce the
provisions of KRS Chapter 316, and 316.210(6) requires the board to promulgate
administrative regulations to establish fees authorized by KRS Chapter 316.
This administrative regulation establishes the fees authorized by KRS Chapter
316.
Section 1.
(1) The funeral establishment license fee
shall be $500.
(2) The renewal fee
for a funeral establishment license shall be $500.
(3) The late fee for a funeral establishment
license renewal shall be $500.
Section
2. Individual License Fees.
(1)
The embalmer's license renewal fee shall be $100.
(2) The funeral director's license renewal
fee shall be $100.
(3) The late fee
for an embalmer's license renewal or a funeral director's license renewal shall
be $100.
Section 3. The
fee for an annual courtesy card shall be $100 dollars.
Section 4. Apprenticeship Fees.
(1) The registration fee for an embalmer
apprenticeship shall be $100.
(2)
The registration fee for a funeral directors apprenticeship shall be
$100.
(3) The reinstatement fee for
an apprenticeship shall be fifty dollars ($50) per license.
(4) The registration fee for Level II funeral
director registration shall be fifty (50) dollars.
(5) The registration fee for Level II
embalmer registration shall be fifty (50) dollars.
(6) The licensure exam fee shall be $100 per
license.
Section 5.
Surface Transportation Fees.
(1) The surface
transportation license fee shall be $150.
(2) The surface transportation renewal fee
shall be $150.
(3) The surface
transportation course and examination fee shall be seventy-five (75)
dollars.
Section 6.
Inspection Fees for Establishment.
(1) A
routine or requested inspection shall be $100.
(2) A re-inspection within a period of three
(3) months following a routine inspection, due to a deficiency found by the
Inspector of the Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors of the Commonwealth
of Kentucky on a routine inspection shall be $200.
(3) If an establishment fails three (3)
consecutive inspections within a period of six (6) months, any subsequent
inspections required to determine if the failures have been cured shall be $300
for each subsequent inspection.
Section 7. The fee for processing an
application for a continuing education program shall be $150 per program; for
programs included in a conference or convention setting, the total fee shall
not exceed $600.
Section 8.
Processing and NSF.
(1) A processing fee of
twenty-five (25) dollars shall apply to all document actions not covered by
other fees established by KRS Chapter 316 or this administrative regulation,
including national exam score requests, out-of-state verifications, official
name change requests, paper submissions of any documents or applications that
are available to submit electronically, and revisions to wall
licensure.
(2) A fee of sixty (60)
dollars shall be assessed for any payment made to the Board pursuant to KRS
Chapter 316 or these administrative regulations, where the check, draft, money
order, or other financial instrument is returned by the payor's bank or
financial institution for insufficient funds, or cannot otherwise be deposited
into the board's account.
Section
9. All fees assessed under this administrative regulation shall be
nonrefundable.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
316.125(2),
316.130(2),
(4), (5),
316.132,
316.140(2),
316.210(1)
