(b) Any prior names or aliases used by the designated funeral director. (c) All prior addresses of the designated funeral director for the immediately preceding seven year period. (d) The date and location of the designated funeral director’s birth. (e) A declaration from the designated funeral director that the funeral director has not been convicted of any felony or convicted of any other crime involving dishonesty, fraud, deception, misrepresentation, embezzlement or breach of fiduciary duty in any state or federal court within the seven year period immediately preceding the date of application. (f) A declaration from the designated funeral director that the funeral director has not been the subject of a consumer fraud, securities fraud or civil racketeering judgment or consent order in any state or federal court within the seven year period immediately preceding the date of application. 6. Provides information about existing prearranged funeral agreements funded by trust of the funeral establishment required by the board. B. A prearranged funeral sales endorsement shall be renewed annually by the funeral establishment by payment of the prescribed renewal fee pursuant to section 32-1309 and by compliance with the requirements described in subsection A, paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this section on or before July 31. C. Failure to pay the renewal fee by July 31 voids the endorsement. An endorsement voided under this subsection may be reinstated on compliance with subsection B of this section and payment of the prescribed reinstatement fee. 32-1391.13. Grounds for denial or refusal to renew funeral establishment sales endorsement or disciplinary action The board may deny or refuse to renew a prearranged funeral sales endorsement or may take disciplinary action against a funeral establishment if any of the following occurs: 1. The funeral establishment fails to satisfy the requirements of section 32-1391.12. 2. The funeral establishment fails to comply with the annual report requirement prescribed in section 32-1391.16. 3. The funeral establishment, its designated funeral director or any prearranged funeral salesperson it employs or engages violates this article or any rule adopted pursuant to this article. 4. The funeral establishment makes false or misleading statements on its initial or renewal application or on the required annual report. 5. The designated funeral director is convicted of any crime or is the subject of any court decision described in section 32-1391.12, subsection A, paragraph 5, subdivision (e) or (f). 6. The establishment, its designated funeral director or any registered salesperson it employs or engages violates any provision of title 44, chapter 10, article 7. 32-1391.14. Prearranged funeral salespersons; registration requirements; renewal; exemption A. Except for funeral directors designated to sell prearranged funerals pursuant to section 32-1391.12, a person employed or otherwise engaged by a funeral establishment to solicit, offer or sell prearranged funeral agreements funded by trust shall apply to the board for registration. The board shall issue the registration if the applicant satisfies the following requirements: 1. Pays the prescribed application fee pursuant to section 32-1309.
2. Its current price list for retention to each person who inquires about or is solicited regarding a prearranged funeral agreement. 32-1391.10. Waiver of purchaser rights The rights granted by this article to purchasers of prearranged funeral agreements funded by trust shall not be abrogated, modified or limited except as provided in this article. 32-1391.11. Prearranged funeral agreements funded by trust; sales; restrictions It is unlawful for a person to offer or sell prearranged funeral agreements funded by trust unless the person is a registered salesperson or the designated funeral director employed or otherwise engaged by a funeral establishment that has been issued a prearranged funeral sales endorsement to its establishment license. 32-1391.12. Prearranged funeral sales endorsement; requirements; renewal A. A funeral establishment that desires to offer or sell prearranged funeral agreements funded by trust shall apply to the board for an endorsement to its establishment license. The board shall issue the endorsement if the funeral establishment satisfies the following requirements: 1. Pays the prescribed application fee pursuant to section 32-1309. 2. Provides the name and address of each person owning ten percent or more of the common shares or other ownership or beneficial interest in the funeral establishment. 3. Provides the name and address, any prior names or aliases, all prior addresses for the immediately preceding seven year period, and the date and location of birth of any responsible funeral director, manager, officer, owner, trustee or other person controlling the funeral establishment and who has been convicted of any of the crimes or has been the subject of any of the court actions described in section 10-202, subsection D, paragraph 1, subdivisions (a), (b) and (c). 4. Delivers a corporate surety bond in favor of this state, executed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state, in the amount that is prescribed by the board and that is recoverable by this state for the benefit of any person injured by a violation of this article. The board shall establish, in its rules, a separate bond requirement amount for each of the following: (a) Funeral establishments that sold fewer than one hundred prearranged funeral agreements funded by trust during the immediately preceding calendar year. (b) Funeral establishments that sold one hundred or more but fewer than two hundred fifty prearranged funeral agreements funded by trust during the immediately preceding calendar year. (c) Funeral establishments that sold two hundred fifty or more prearranged funeral agreements funded by trust during the immediately preceding calendar year. Bond amount requirements established by the board shall not be less than fifteen thousand dollars or more than fifty thousand dollars for each establishment, except that as each salesperson is registered by the board, the funeral establishment shall increase its bond by an additional five thousand dollars during the employment of that salesperson. 5. Provides the full name and address of the funeral director designated by the establishment to offer or sell prearranged funerals and all of the following: (a) A recent photograph of the designated funeral director.
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