Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:845

  • Board: means the Louisiana State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:831
  • Certificate: means a license issued by the board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:831
  • Embalmer: means a person who disinfects or preserves, or both, a dead human body or bodies, entirely or in part, by the use of chemical substances, fluids, or gases ordinarily used, prepared, or intended for such purposes, either by outward application of such chemical substances, fluids, or gases on the body, or by the introduction of same into the body by vascular or hypodermic injection, or by direct application into the organs or cavities. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:831
  • Funeral: means the observances held for a dead person usually before burial or cremation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:831
  • Funeral director: means a person to whom a valid license has been issued by the board to perform the duties of funeral directing. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:831
  • Funeral establishment: means any place or premises duly licensed by the board and devoted to or used in the care and preparation for disposition of the body of a deceased person or maintained or held out to the public by advertising or otherwise as the office or place for the practice of funeral directing. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:831
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
  • Temporary license: is a license issued for a period of not more than six months to an individual who has been licensed for a period of not less than one year and who has been active as an embalmer and funeral director or funeral director in another state, province, or jurisdiction recognized by the board and who meets all of the requirements of this Part. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:831

The board shall require payment of fees hereunder as follows:

(1)  A fee to be determined by the board of not more than two hundred fifty dollars from each person applying for a funeral director’s license.

(2)  A fee to be determined by the board of not more than two hundred fifty dollars from each person applying for a funeral director‘s and embalmer‘s license.

(3)  A fee to be determined by the board of not more than eighty dollars for the annual renewal of each of the licenses listed in Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section.

(4)  A fee to be determined by the board of not more than one thousand dollars for each funeral establishment applying for a license to operate within this state.

(5)  A fee to be determined by the board of not more than seven hundred dollars for the annual renewal of each license for a funeral establishment to operate within this state.

(6)  A fee to be determined by the board of not more than one hundred dollars from each person applying for an internship.

(7)  A fee to be determined by the board of not more than one hundred dollars from each person applying for a duplicate certificate.

(8)  A fee to be determined by the board of not more than one hundred dollars from each person applying for a temporary license within this state.

(9)  A fee to be determined by the board of not more than five hundred dollars for any inspection or reinspection of an establishment applying for a license to operate within this state, applying for a location change, or applying for an ownership change.

Amended by Acts 1958, No. 28, §1; Acts 1963, No. 12, §1; Acts 1966, No. 19, §1, eff. June 15, 1966, at 10:30 A.M.; Acts 1970, No. 6, §1; Acts 1977, No. 283, §5; Acts 1983, No. 454, §1; Acts 1995, No. 112, §1; Acts 2004, No. 133, §1; Acts 2014, No. 264, §1.