General Rules—Applicable to all Licensees and Registrants

PURPOSE: This rule provides information and requirements applicable to all licensees and registrants. (1) All funeral establishment licenses shall be displayed, at all times, in a conspicuous location accessible to the public. All licenses and registrations for individuals issued pursuant to Chapter 333, RSMo, shall either be displayed at all times in a conspicuous location accessible to the public at funeral establishment locations unless the entity has posted a sign in a conspicuous location accessible to the public that reads, “All licenses for individuals issued pursuant to Chapter 333, RSMo, are available upon request and for inspection at this location.” (2) Examinations. After verification and approval by the board, application, scheduling, administration, and payment for any examination required for licensure from the board is made to the board’s testing service. (A) All Missouri examinations may be provided in a computer-based testing format. Examinations shall be held at the locations designated by the testing service. A link to a complete listing of the examination sites is available on the board’s website. (B) The Missouri Law examination covers knowledge of Chapter 333, RSMo, and the rules governing the practice of embalming, funeral directing, and funeral home licensing, along with government benefits, statutes and rules governing the care, custody, shelter, disposition, and transportation of dead human bodies. The Missouri Law examination also contains questions regarding Chapter 436, RSMo, relating to pre-need statutes and Chapters 193 and 194, RSMo, relating to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services statutes, as well as questions regarding Federal Trade Commission rules and regulations requirements as they apply to Missouri licensees. (3) Each Missouri licensed embalmer or funeral director shall keep the board notified of each Missouri licensed funeral establishment at which he/she is practicing. The embalmer or funeral director shall notify the board within thirty (30) days of any termination and prior to beginning as an embalmer or funeral director with a Missouri licensed funeral establishment. (4) Each Missouri registered preneed agent shall keep the board notified of each preneed seller for whom the preneed agent is authorized to sell, negotiate, or solicit the sale of preneed contracts for or on behalf of. (5) Each Missouri embalmer, funeral director, preneed seller, preneed provider, and preneed agent shall keep the board notified of their current address, telephone number, facsimile number, and email address, as applicable, at all times; and shall notify the board prior to any address change by submitting written notice with the new information. (6) A Missouri licensed funeral director, embalmer, and preneed agent has the ongoing obligation to keep the board informed if the licensee has been finally adjudicated or found guilty, or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, in a criminal prosecution under the laws of any state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia, whether or not sentence was imposed for any and all criminal matters for which discipline is authorized in section 333.330.2(2), RSMo. This information shall be provided to the board within thirty (30) days of being finally adjudicated or found guilty. (7) All licensees may be represented before the board by an attorney. If the licensee desires to be represented by an attorney, the attorney shall be licensed to practice law in Missouri or meet the requirements of the Missouri Supreme Court with respect to nonresident attorneys. (8) All documents filed with the board shall become a part of its permanent files. AUTHORITY: sections 333.111 and 436.520, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed Nov. 6, 2019, effective May 30, 2020. *Original authority: 333.111, RSMo 1965, amended 1981, 1993, 1995 and 436.520, RSMo 2009.