Ohio Code 4717.10 – Reciprocity; courtesy cards
(A) The board of embalmers and funeral directors shall issue an embalmer‘s or funeral director‘s license in accordance with Chapter 4796 of the Revised Code to an applicant who holds a license in another state or who has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as an embalmer or funeral director in a state that does not issue that license. Such licenses shall be renewed biennially as provided in section 4717.08 of the Revised Code.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4717.10
- Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Embalmer: means a person who engages, in whole or in part, in embalming and who is licensed under this chapter. See Ohio Code 4717.01
- Funeral directing: means the business or profession of directing or supervising funerals for profit from one or more funeral homes licensed under this chapter, the arrangement or sale of funeral services, the filling out or execution of a funeral service contract, the business or profession of preparing dead human bodies for burial by means other than embalming, the disposition of dead human bodies, the provision or maintenance of a place for the preparation, the care, or disposition of dead human bodies, the use in connection with a business of the term "funeral director" "undertaker" "mortician" or any other term from which can be implied the business of funeral directing, or the holding out to the public that one is a funeral director or a disposer of dead human bodies. See Ohio Code 4717.01
- Funeral director: means a person who engages, in whole or in part, in funeral directing and who is licensed under this chapter. See Ohio Code 4717.01
- Funeral home: means a fixed place for the care, preparation for burial, or disposition of dead human bodies or the conducting of funerals. See Ohio Code 4717.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(B)(1) The board of embalmers and funeral directors may issue courtesy card permits to nonresident funeral directors licensed in a state that borders this state. A courtesy card permit holder shall be authorized to undertake both the following acts in this state:
(a) Prepare and complete those sections of a death certificate and other permits needed for disposition of deceased human remains in this state and sign and file such death certificates and permits;
(b) Supervise and conduct funeral ceremonies, interments, and entombments in this state.
(2) Chapter 4796 of the Revised Code does not apply to a courtesy card permit issued under this division.
(C) The board of embalmers and funeral directors shall determine under what conditions a courtesy card permit shall be issued to funeral directors in bordering states after taking into account whether and under what conditions and fees such border states issue similar courtesy card permits to funeral directors licensed in this state. A courtesy card permit holder shall comply with all applicable laws and rules of this state while engaged in any acts of funeral directing in this state. The board may revoke or suspend a courtesy card permit or subject a courtesy card permit holder to discipline in accordance with the laws, rules, and procedures applicable to funeral directors under this chapter. Applicants for courtesy card permits shall apply on forms prescribed by the board, pay a biennial fee set by the board for initial applications and renewals, and adhere to such other requirements imposed by the board on courtesy card permit holders.
(D) No courtesy card permit holder shall be authorized to undertake any of the following activities in this state:
(1) Arranging funerals or disposition services with members of the public in this state;
(2) Be employed by or under contract to a funeral home licensed in this state to perform funeral services in this state;
(3) Advertise funeral or disposition services in this state;
(4) Enter into or execute funeral or disposition contracts in this state;
(5) Prepare or embalm deceased human remains in this state;
(6) Arrange for or carry out the disinterment of human remains in this state.
(E) As used in this section, “courtesy card permit” means a special permit that may be issued to a nonresident funeral director licensed in a state that borders this state and who does not hold a funeral director’s license under this chapter.
Last updated December 29, 2023 at 6:34 AM