WSR 98-21-056
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING
(Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers)
[Filed October 19, 1998, 2:31 p.m.]
Date of Adoption: October 1, 1998.
Purpose: To change the annual license expiration dates of funeral establishments, branch funeral establishments, and crematories from June 30 to January 31; and to change the period for which crematory license renewal fees are determined from "June 1 to May 31" to "previous calendar year."
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 308-48-790; and amending WAC 308-48-185 and 308-48-800.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.39.175(4).
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 98-17-035 on August 12, 1998.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, amended 2, repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.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.
October 1, 1998
Edward J. Wahl
Chairman
OTS-2366.1
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending Order PL 273, filed 8/1/77)
WAC 308-48-185 Funeral establishments and crematories--License expiration. Funeral establishment, branch funeral
establishment, and crematory licenses issued pursuant to chapter
18.39 RCW, as now or hereafter amended, shall expire annually on
((June 30)) January 31.
[Order PL 273, § 308-48-185, filed 8/1/77.]
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 91-11-023, filed 5/7/91, effective 6/7/91)
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 |
| Renewal | 100.00 |
| Late renewal penalty | 50.00 |
| Duplicate | 15.00 |
| Certification | 25.00 |
| Embalmer apprentice: | |
| Apprentice application | 75.00 |
| Apprentice renewal | 45.00 |
| Duplicate | 15.00 |
| Certification | 25.00 |
| Funeral director: | |
| State examination or reexamination | 150.00 |
| Renewal | 100.00 |
| Late renewal penalty | 50.00 |
| Duplicate | 15.00 |
| Certification | 25.00 |
| Funeral director apprentice: | |
| Apprentice application | 75.00 |
| Apprentice renewal | 45.00 |
| Duplicate (( |
15.00 |
| Certification | 25.00 |
| Funeral establishment: | |
| Original application | 350.00 |
| Renewal | 300.00 |
| Branch registration and renewal | 250.00 |
| Preneed application | 200.00 |
| Preneed renewal: | |
| 0-25 sales | 25.00 |
| 26-99 sales | 100.00 |
| 100 or more sales | 150.00 |
| Financial statement fee | 50.00 |
| Crematory endorsement registration | 100.00 |
| Crematory endorsement renewal
$50.00 plus fifty cents per
cremation performed during
previous (( |
|
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.39.175(4). 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.]
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 308-48-790 Crematory endorsements--Registration--Expiration.