Date of Adoption: July 29, 1999.

Purpose: To amend WAC 308-48-800 to bring Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers revenues into line with expenditures.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 308-48-800.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.39.181.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 99-13-136 on June 18, 1999.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

July 29, 1999

Alan E. Rathbun

Assistant Director, BPD

OTS-3112.1

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 98-21-056, filed 10/19/98, effective 11/19/98)

WAC 308-48-800
Funeral director/embalmer fees.

The following fees shall be charged by the professional licensing division of the department of licensing:

Title of Fee	Fee
Embalmer:
State examination or reexamination	(($150.00)) $154.98
Renewal	((100.00)) 103.32
Late renewal penalty	((50.00)) 51.66
Duplicate	((15.00)) 15.50
Certification	((25.00)) 25.83
Embalmer apprentice:
Apprentice application	((75.00)) 77.49
Apprentice renewal	((45.00)) 46.49
Duplicate	((15.00)) 15.50
Certification	((25.00)) 25.83
Funeral director:
State examination or reexamination	((150.00)) 154.98
Renewal	((100.00)) 103.32
Late renewal penalty	((50.00)) 51.66
Duplicate	((15.00)) 15.50
Certification	((25.00)) 25.83
Funeral director apprentice:
Apprentice application	((75.00)) 77.49
Apprentice renewal	((45.00)) 46.49
Duplicate	((15.00)) 15.50
Certification	((25.00)) 25.83
Funeral establishment:
Original application	((350.00)) 361.62
Renewal	((300.00)) 309.96
Branch registration and renewal	((250.00)) 258.30
Preneed application	((200.00)) 206.64
Preneed renewal:
0-25 sales	((25.00)) 25.83
26-99 sales	((100.00)) 103.32
100 or more sales	((150.00)) 154.98
Financial statement fee	((50.00)) 51.66
Crematory endorsement registration	((100.00)) 103.32
Crematory endorsement renewal (($50.00 plus fifty)) fifty-one dollars and sixty-six cents plus fifty-two cents per cremation performed during previous calendar year.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.39.175(4).   WSR 98-21-056, § 308-48-800, filed 10/19/98, effective 11/19/98; 91-11-023, § 308-48-800, filed 5/7/91, effective 6/7/91; 91-01-006, § 308-48-800, filed 12/6/90, effective 1/6/91.  Statutory Authority: RCW 43.24.086.  90-07-024, § 308-48-800, filed 3/14/90, effective 4/14/90; 87-10-028 (Order PM 650), § 308-48-800, filed 5/1/87.]