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65-1727.Fees; fixed by rules and regulations; notice to licensee; licensure by endorsement. (a) On or before October 15 of each year, the state board of mortuary arts shall determine the amount of funds that will be required during the next ensuing two years to properly administer the laws which the board is directed to enforce and administer under the provisions of article 17 of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and acts amendatory of the provisions thereof and supplemental thereto, and by rules and regulations shall fix fees in such reasonable sums as may be necessary for such purposes within the following limitations:

Embalmers endorsement application fee, not more than  $500

Embalmers reciprocity application fee, not more than  500

Funeral directors examination fee, not more than  400

Funeral directors reciprocity application fee, not more than  500

Embalmers/funeral directors reciprocity application fee, notmore than  500

Assistant funeral directors application fee, not more than  300

Assistant funeral directors examination fee, not morethan  300

Embalmers license and renewal fee, not more than  350

Funeral directors license and renewal fee, not more than  450

Crematory operator's license and renewal fee, not morethan  200

Assistant funeral directors license and renewal fee, not morethan  400

Apprentice embalmers registration fee, not more than  250

Funeral establishment license fee, not more than  1,000

Branch establishment license fee, not more than  1,000

Crematory license fee, not more than  1,000

Crematory renewal fee, not more than  1,000

Funeral establishment/crematory license fee, not morethan  1,500

Funeral establishment/crematory renewal fee, not morethan  1,500

Branch establishment/crematory license fee, not morethan  1,500

Branch establishment/crematory renewal fee, not morethan  1,500

Duplicate licenses  30

Rulebooks  20

Continuing education program sponsor applications  25

Continuing education program licensee applications  25

At least 30 days prior to the expiration date of any license issued by the board, the board shall notify the licensee of the applicable renewal fee therefor.

(b) The fees established by the board under this section immediately prior to the effective date of this act shall continue in effect until such fees are fixed by the board by rules and regulations as provided in this section. An owner of a licensed funeral establishment or licensed branch establishment and a licensed crematory may be charged by the board a combined funeral establishment/crematory license or renewal fee or branch establishment/crematory license or renewal fee under this section in lieu of a separate license or renewal fee for each facility.

(c) The state board of mortuary arts may license embalmers via endorsement from another state: (1) If the individual has been licensed for at least five years and has completed at least five consecutive years of active practice in embalming; (2) has passed the national examination written by the international conference of funeral service examining boards; and (3) has not had any adverse action taken against such licensee by the state board in which licensure is held. The original fee for such endorsement license and the renewal fee shall be in the amounts fixed by the board in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(d) Fees paid to the board are not refundable.

History: L. 1964, ch. 27, § 8 (Budget Session); L. 1973, ch. 251, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 188, § 11; L. 1981, ch. 300, § 4; L. 1982, ch. 264, § 4; L. 1985, ch. 215, § 15; L. 1986, ch. 238, § 3; L. 1991, ch. 190, § 6; L. 1995, ch. 86, § 5; L. 2001, ch. 183, § 11; L. 2007, ch. 87, § 2; L. 2010, ch. 131, § 7; July 1, 2011.



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