The board may refuse to grant, refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke the license of, or fine a cremationist or crematory, after proper hearing and notice is provided to the licensee, upon the board finding the licensee is guilty of any of the following:
- (1) Any violation of this chapter or order or rule of the board.
- (2) The performance of a cremation service by a person who is not licensed as a cremationist and who has not completed a training program as required by this chapter.
- (3) Operating a building or structure within this state as a crematory without being licensed under this chapter.
- (4) Violating any cremation procedure required by this chapter or rule of the board.
- (5) Performing a cremation without receipt of a cremation authorization form signed by the authorizing agent.
- (6) Signing a cremation authorization form with the actual knowledge that the form contains false or incorrect information.
- (7) Accepting human remains from another funeral establishment without a completed cremation authorization form signed by the authorizing agent, a state identification form with the signature of the releasing party, and an undetachable ankle bracelet identifying the remains.
- (8) Failure to maintain the internal identification system as required by the board.
- (9) Failure to maintain identifying paperwork with the appropriate signatures.
- (10) Failure to file an annual cremation report in the form required by the board.
- (11) Failure to maintain a current cremation log.
(Act 2017-433, §2.)