(a) Every person, partnership, firm, association or corporation desiring to commence the operation of a funeral establishment after January 1, 2008, shall make application to the board, along with payment of a nonrefundable fee as set by the board.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 62-5-304

  • Board: means the board of funeral directors and embalmers. See Tennessee Code 62-5-101
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Funeral establishment: means any business, whether a proprietorship, partnership, firm, association or corporation, engaged in arranging, directing or supervising funerals for profit or other benefit, the preparing of dead human bodies for burial, the disposition of dead human bodies, the provision or maintenance of place for the preparation for disposition, or for the care or disposition of human bodies. See Tennessee Code 62-5-101
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) All applications shall show the:

(1) Name of establishment;
(2) Address of establishment;
(3) Owner or owners of establishment;
(4) Name and address of the licensed funeral director who will act as manager of the funeral establishment;
(5) Names and addresses of all licensed funeral directors and embalmers, designating whether they are part-time or full-time employees; and
(6) Names of all unlicensed assistants.
(c) Each establishment location shall be licensed separately from any other funeral establishment.
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