Ohio Code 4717.07 – Fees
(A) The board of embalmers and funeral directors shall charge and collect the following fees:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4717.07
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Crematory: means the building or portion of a building that houses the holding facility and the cremation chamber. See Ohio Code 4717.01
- Crematory facility: means the physical location at which a cremation chamber is located and the cremation process takes place. See Ohio Code 4717.01
- Crematory operator: means the person who engages, in whole or in part, in cremation from one or more crematories licensed under this chapter and who has been issued a crematory operator permit under this chapter. See Ohio Code 4717.01
- 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
- Embalming: means the process of chemically treating the dead human body by any of the following to reduce the presence and growth of microorganisms, to temporarily slow organic decomposition, and to restore acceptable physical appearance:
(1) Arterial injection;
(2) Cavity treatment;
(3) Hypodermic tissue injection. See Ohio Code 4717.01
- Embalming facility: means a fixed location, separate from the funeral home, that is licensed under this chapter whose only function is the embalming and preparation 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
- Lapsed license: means a license issued under this chapter that has become invalid because of the failure of the licensee to renew the license within the time limits prescribed under this chapter. See Ohio Code 4717.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(1) For applying for an initial or biennial renewal of an embalmer‘s or funeral director‘s license, or a reactivation of a license as described in division (G) of section 4717.05 of the Revised Code, two hundred dollars;
(2) For applying for an embalmer or funeral director certificate of apprenticeship, thirty-five dollars;
(3) For the application to take the examination for a license to practice as an embalmer or funeral director, or to retake a section of the examination, thirty-five dollars;
(4) For applying for an initial license to operate a funeral home, four hundred dollars and biennial renewal of a license to operate a funeral home, four hundred dollars;
(5) For the reinstatement of a lapsed embalmer’s or funeral director’s license, the renewal fee prescribed in division (A)(1) of this section plus fifty dollars for each month or portion of a month the license is lapsed, but not more than one thousand dollars;
(6) For the reinstatement of a lapsed license to operate a funeral home, the renewal fee prescribed in division (A)(4) of this section plus fifty dollars for each month or portion of a month the license is lapsed until reinstatement, but not more than one thousand dollars;
(7) For applying for a license to operate an embalming facility, four hundred dollars and biennial renewal of a license to operate an embalming facility, four hundred dollars;
(8) For the reinstatement of a lapsed license to operate an embalming facility, the renewal fee prescribed in division (A)(7) of this section plus fifty dollars for each month or portion of a month the license is lapsed until reinstatement, but not more than one thousand dollars;
(9) For applying for a license to operate a crematory facility, four hundred dollars and biennial renewal of a license to operate a crematory facility, four hundred dollars;
(10) For the reinstatement of a lapsed license to operate a crematory facility, the renewal fee prescribed in division (A)(9) of this section plus fifty dollars for each month or portion of a month the license is lapsed until reinstatement, but not more than five hundred dollars;
(11) For applying for the initial or biennial renewal of a crematory operator permit, one hundred fifty dollars;
(12) For the reinstatement of a lapsed crematory operator permit, the renewal fee prescribed in division (A)(11) of this section plus fifty dollars for each month or portion of a month the permit is lapsed, but not more than five hundred dollars;
(13) For the issuance of a duplicate of a license issued under this chapter, ten dollars;
(14) For each preneed funeral contract sold in the state other than those funded by the assignment of an existing insurance policy, ten dollars.
(B) In addition to the fees set forth in division (A) of this section, an applicant shall pay the examination fee assessed by any examining agency the board uses for any section of an examination required under this chapter.
(C) Subject to the approval of the controlling board, the board of embalmers and funeral directors may establish fees in excess of the amounts set forth in this section, provided that these fees do not exceed the amounts set forth in this section by more than fifty per cent.
Last updated February 28, 2023 at 10:08 AM