House Journal: Page 1347: Monday, April 23, 2001
22 establishment permit who can deliver the cemetery
23 merchandise, funeral merchandise, funeral services, or
24 a combination thereof being sold. A person must have
25 a sales permit for each establishment at which the
26 person works. However, a person may apply for a sales
27 permit covering multiple establishments, if the
28 establishments have common ownership. The
29 establishment permit holder is liable for the acts of
30 its employees and agents performed in advertising,
31 selling, promoting, or offering to furnish, upon the
32 future death of a person named or implied in a
33 purchase agreement, cemetery merchandise, funeral
34 merchandise, funeral services, or a combination
35 thereof.
36 2. This chapter does not permit a person to
37 practice mortuary science without a license. A person
38 holding a current sales permit may advertise, sell,
39 promote, or offer to furnish a funeral director's
40 services as an employee or agent of a funeral
41 establishment furnishing the funeral services under
42 chapter 156.
43 3. An application for a sales permit shall be
44 filed on a form prescribed by the commissioner and be
45 accompanied by a five dollar filing fee.
46 4. The application shall contain:
47 a. The name and address of the person.
48 b. The name and address of the person's employer
49 and each establishment on whose behalf the person will
50 be advertising, selling, promoting, or offering to
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1 furnish cemetery merchandise, funeral merchandise,
2 funeral services, or a combination thereof.
3 c. The name and address of the provider who will
4 provide the cemetery merchandise, funeral merchandise,
5 funeral services, or a combination thereof if
6 different from the person's employer.
7 5. An initial permit expires one year from the
8 date the application is filed. The permit may be
9 renewed for four years by filing the form prescribed
10 by the commissioner under subsection 3, accompanied by
11 a twenty dollar filing fee.
12 6. A permit holder shall inform the commissioner
13 of changes in the information required to be provided
14 by subsection 4 within thirty days of the change.
15 7. A sales permit is not assignable or
16 transferable. A permit holder selling all or part of
17 a business shall cancel the permit and the purchaser
18 shall apply for a new permit in the purchaser's name
19 within thirty days of the sale.
20 8. The commissioner shall grant or deny a permit
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