410 IAC 18-1-6 Suspension of provisional notification privilege; liability

Sec. 6. The local health officer may suspend the privilege of the provisional notification of death to any funeral home, firm, or establishment for failure to present a properly executed certificate of death or for other good and sufficient cause. A suspension of the privilege to use the provisional notification of death shall not be less than ninety (90) days nor more than twenty-four (24) months. The suspension shall be subject to review and amendment or repeal by the state department. The funeral home, firm, or establishment shall be responsible for the acts of funeral directors or embalmers in its employ, and any suspension of privilege shall be binding upon it equally with the person in charge of interment.