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Chapter 18.39 RCW

EMBALMERS—FUNERAL DIRECTORS

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RCW dispositions

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HTMLPDF 18.39.010Definitions.
HTMLPDF 18.39.020License required.
HTMLPDF 18.39.035Applicant for license as funeral director or embalmer—Eligibility.
HTMLPDF 18.39.045College course requirements.
HTMLPDF 18.39.050Application—Renewal—Fees.
HTMLPDF 18.39.070Examinations.
HTMLPDF 18.39.100License—Form—Restrictions.
HTMLPDF 18.39.120Interns—Registration—Renewal—Notice of termination—Fees.
HTMLPDF 18.39.125Academic interns.
HTMLPDF 18.39.130Licenses—Applicants from other states—Examination.
HTMLPDF 18.39.145Funeral establishment license—Issuance—Requirements—Transferability—Expiration.
HTMLPDF 18.39.150License lapse—Reinstatement—Fee—Reexamination.
HTMLPDF 18.39.170Inspector of funeral establishments, crematories, alkaline hydrolysis, natural organic reduction facilities, directors, and embalmers—Appointment—Eligibility—Term—Powers and duties.
HTMLPDF 18.39.173Funeral and cemetery board—Membership—Appointment—Qualifications—Terms—Vacancies—Officers—Quorum.
HTMLPDF 18.39.175Board—Duties and responsibilities—Rules.
HTMLPDF 18.39.181Powers and duties of director.
HTMLPDF 18.39.195Pricing information to be given—Billing "cash advanced" items.
HTMLPDF 18.39.215Embalmers—Authorization to embalm—Information required—Immediate care of body—Waiver—Penalty.
HTMLPDF 18.39.217License or endorsement required for cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, and natural organic reduction—Penalty.
HTMLPDF 18.39.220Unlawful business practices—Penalty.
HTMLPDF 18.39.231Prohibited advice and transactions—Exceptions—Rules—Penalty.
HTMLPDF 18.39.240Prearrangement funeral service contracts—License required.
HTMLPDF 18.39.250Prearrangement contracts—Trusts—Refunds.
HTMLPDF 18.39.255Prearrangement contracts—Insurance funded—Requirements.
HTMLPDF 18.39.260Prearrangement contracts—Certificates of registration required—Exception.
HTMLPDF 18.39.270Prearrangement contracts—Registration qualifications.
HTMLPDF 18.39.280Prearrangement contracts—Application for registration.
HTMLPDF 18.39.290Prearrangement contracts—Registration—Renewal—Fees—Disposition.
HTMLPDF 18.39.300Grounds for disciplinary action.
HTMLPDF 18.39.320Prearrangement contracts—Annual financial statement—Failure to file.
HTMLPDF 18.39.330Prearrangement contract forms—Approval required—Grounds for disapproval.
HTMLPDF 18.39.345Prearrangement trust—Examination by board.
HTMLPDF 18.39.350Violations—Penalty—Consumer protection—Retail installment contracts.
HTMLPDF 18.39.360Fraternal or benevolent organizations and labor unions excepted.
HTMLPDF 18.39.370Prearrangement funeral service contracts—Abandoned trusts.
HTMLPDF 18.39.410Unprofessional conduct.
HTMLPDF 18.39.420Complaint to board—Submittal—Determination—Investigation—Immunity of complainant.
HTMLPDF 18.39.450Findings of fact—Order—Notice—Report.
HTMLPDF 18.39.467License suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance.
HTMLPDF 18.39.525Certificates of removal registration.
HTMLPDF 18.39.530Practice without license—Penalties.
HTMLPDF 18.39.560Uniform regulation of business and professions act.
HTMLPDF 18.39.570Military training or experience.

Notes:

Cemeteries, morgues and human remains: Title 68 RCW.
Final disposition of human remains—Burial-transit and disinterment permits: RCW 70.58A.210.
Prearrangement contracts for cemeteries: Chapter 68.46 RCW.
Reports of death—Filing and registration requirements: RCW 70.58A.200.