Occupations and Professions
Funeral Services Licensing Act
Section 502
Unprofessional conduct.
     58-9-502.   Unprofessional conduct.
     (1) "Unprofessional conduct" includes:
     (a) the failure of a funeral service director to accurately document, report, and supervise the activities of a funeral service intern;
     (b) knowingly soliciting the sale of any funeral service or funeral merchandise for a person whose death occurred or was imminent prior to the solicitation;
     (c) paying or offering to pay a commission or anything of value to secure deceased human remains for a funeral service or disposition to:
     (i) medical personnel;
     (ii) a nursing home;
     (iii) a nursing home employee;
     (iv) a hospice;
     (v) a hospice employee;
     (vi) clergy;
     (vii) a government official; or
     (viii) any other third party; and
     (d) failure to provide the following current information to the division:
     (i) a licensee's business address;
     (ii) a licensee's primary residence;
     (iii) a funeral service establishment's funeral service director; or
     (iv) a supervising funeral service director's funeral service intern's name.
     (2) "Unprofessional conduct" does not include:
     (a) general advertising directed to the public at large; or
     (b) responding to a notification of death from:
     (i) medical personnel;
     (ii) a nursing home;
     (iii) a nursing home employee;
     (iv) a hospice;
     (v) a hospice employee;
     (vi) clergy;
     (vii) a government official; or
     (viii) any authorized representative of the family of the deceased person.

Amended by Chapter 144, 2007 General Session
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